[mass noun]the action or process of adapting or being adapted 适应(行为或过程) the adaptation of teaching strategy to meet students' needs. 修订教学方法以适应学生的需要。 [count noun]adaptations to the school curriculum. 学校课程设置的修改。 ■[count noun]a film, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work (根据文学作品)改编成的电影(或电视剧、戏剧) a three-part adaptation of Hard Times. 《艰难时世》改编而成的三集脚本。 ■[count noun](Biology)a change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment (生)适应性变化 ■the process of making such changes 适应性变化过程 biochemical adaptation in parasites. 寄生虫的生化适应性变化过程。
语源
early 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare (see adapt)