Definition of adaptation in English:

adaptation

noun adəpˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌædæpˈteɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- The solutions to global warming involve adaptation to new conditions.
- I believe we have to start thinking of our bodies and brains as systems, and learn to see hormonal change as one part of a much broader process of adaptation.
- The body performs many automatic tasks, including self-repair, maintenance and adaptation.
- By taking into account the difficult process of adaptation of the military into the civil society, I think, the army indeed paid a heavy price for the reforms.
- The tone and tactics of globalisation critics may need some adaptation, but debating on who makes and manages global policies remains vital.
- Absent a critical cultural adaptation, human beings could never have thrived in the face of this constraint.
- It is a process of adaptation, a habit acquired with effort, pain, and tedium.
- When we were on the same continent, you would see everybody once a week, you knew where they were, so the progression of change and adaptation was very gradual.
- The shape and form of the bungalow constantly underwent change and adaptation out of functional necessity.
- Emergent norm theory describes a rational process of social and psychological adaptation to a truly novel circumstance.
- The process of adaptation is sometimes visualized as populations walking throughout an adaptive landscape.
- Treatment includes long term medication such as steroid, dietary adaptation, lifestyle adaptation and surgery.
- This was considered critical for highly educated immigrants, because settlement and adaptation is facilitated by social interaction.
- Psychologists talk about a process called adaptation; it turns out that we quickly adjust to whatever our environment is like.
- Children whose capacity for social adaptation is reduced over 90 per cent will also be entitled to an allowance.
- For all of their contacts and talent, he acknowledges the fact that survival, as a musician, is a process of adaptation.
- For many senior citizens, retirement means the end of the work day and adaptation to the loss of an identity and a daily social setting.
- Both processes exemplify adaptation or adjustment, but very different mechanisms must be involved.
- Throughout the next hundred years, the two denominations pursued different strategies for cultural adaptation.
Synonyms
converting, conversion, alteration, modification, adjustment, changing, transformation
remodelling, revamping, reshaping, reconstruction
tailoring, customizing
adjustment, conformity, acclimatization, accommodation, attunement, familiarization, habituation, orientation, conditioning, inurement, hardening, seasoning, acculturation, assimilation, integration, domestication, naturalization
blending in, fitting in, settling in, settling down
North American acclimation
1. 1.1count 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  From now on, she will write the book first, then do an adaptation for film or television.
  Film adaptations of video games have a bad track record to date.
  And out just in time for its movie adaptation, seasons one through four of The Dukes of Hazzard can be purchased in one convenient box set.
  Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of ships and pirates has been a huge success in the guises of film and television adaptations.
  It could be argued that the most difficult screenplays to write are adaptations of novels.
  In the days before television, it was common practice to create radio adaptations of popular films.
  The movie adaptation has attracted critical praise in the US, although it received a mixed reception at the Sundance film festival.
  Unlike other poor adaptations, this film suffers from following the text too closely.
  Fourteen film adaptations were made of his works during his lifetime, the first in 1915.
  So his latest film, an adaptation of his stage play, The Far Side of the Moon, comes as a shock.
  I know several of my peers who have spent years working on film adaptations of their work, only for them either to come out badly, or else not come out at all.
  ‘Christopher Hampton's translation and adaptation just jumps off the page at you,’ he said.
  Television dramas were usually adaptations of stage plays, and invariably about upper classes.
  This movie adaptation of the TV adaptation of the novelisation of the radio series is about as faithful as you can get.
  I have a theory about film adaptations of literary works whose titles include the author's name.
  Further film adaptations are planned, in light of the success of this first big-screen project.
  In fact, the film was an adaptation of a novel by the Australian author Dale Collins, published in 1930.
  No novelist can afford to be precious about the film adaptations of their work.
  IS THERE a limit to the number of film adaptations that can be made of classic literature before it becomes too stale?
  The critical response to my adaptation of Midnight Cowboy has made me break my chaste vow of silence.
2. 1.2Biology The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
  〔生〕适应性变化
  living in groups is an adaptation to increase the efficiency of hunting
  Example sentencesExamples
  The adaptation of organisms to their habitat ultimately depends upon environmental criteria.
  This may be related to the adaptation of the plant to the warmer climate of the Cape Verde Islands.
  However, mutators may play an important role in the adaptation of organisms to changing environments.
  One of the processes that may lead to the formation of sibling species complexes involves adaptation to specific habitats.
  In general, the results support the importance of physiological and genetic adaptation of microbes to the environment.
  Molecular biologists have seen all of these processes at work in the laboratory, in particular the adaptation of duplicated genes.
  They exhibit striking differences in physical features, indicating adaptation to different environments.
  Is adaptation to stressful environments more rapid and extensive than to benign environments?
  We should not casually assume that earlier forms were inferior in adaptation to their particular environment.
  They better understand the process of speciation, adaptation, and extinction.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare (see adapt).

Definition of adaptation in US English:

adaptation

nounˌadapˈtāSH(ə)nˌædæpˈteɪʃ(ə)n

1The 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。
adaptations to the school curriculum
学校课程设置的修改。
Example sentencesExamples
- The shape and form of the bungalow constantly underwent change and adaptation out of functional necessity.
- The tone and tactics of globalisation critics may need some adaptation, but debating on who makes and manages global policies remains vital.
- This was considered critical for highly educated immigrants, because settlement and adaptation is facilitated by social interaction.
- The process of adaptation is sometimes visualized as populations walking throughout an adaptive landscape.
- Psychologists talk about a process called adaptation; it turns out that we quickly adjust to whatever our environment is like.
- When we were on the same continent, you would see everybody once a week, you knew where they were, so the progression of change and adaptation was very gradual.
- For many senior citizens, retirement means the end of the work day and adaptation to the loss of an identity and a daily social setting.
- It is a process of adaptation, a habit acquired with effort, pain, and tedium.
- Children whose capacity for social adaptation is reduced over 90 per cent will also be entitled to an allowance.
- For all of their contacts and talent, he acknowledges the fact that survival, as a musician, is a process of adaptation.
- Emergent norm theory describes a rational process of social and psychological adaptation to a truly novel circumstance.
- The body performs many automatic tasks, including self-repair, maintenance and adaptation.
- Absent a critical cultural adaptation, human beings could never have thrived in the face of this constraint.
- Both processes exemplify adaptation or adjustment, but very different mechanisms must be involved.
- I believe we have to start thinking of our bodies and brains as systems, and learn to see hormonal change as one part of a much broader process of adaptation.
- Treatment includes long term medication such as steroid, dietary adaptation, lifestyle adaptation and surgery.
- The solutions to global warming involve adaptation to new conditions.
- Throughout the next hundred years, the two denominations pursued different strategies for cultural adaptation.
- By taking into account the difficult process of adaptation of the military into the civil society, I think, the army indeed paid a heavy price for the reforms.
Synonyms
converting, conversion, alteration, modification, adjustment, changing, transformation
adjustment, conformity, acclimatization, accommodation, attunement, familiarization, habituation, orientation, conditioning, inurement, hardening, seasoning, acculturation, assimilation, integration, domestication, naturalization
1. 1.1 A movie, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work, typically a novel.
  （根据文学作品）改编成的电影（或电视剧、戏剧）
  filming her adaptation of a beloved children's book
  Example sentencesExamples
  Television dramas were usually adaptations of stage plays, and invariably about upper classes.
  IS THERE a limit to the number of film adaptations that can be made of classic literature before it becomes too stale?
  ‘Christopher Hampton's translation and adaptation just jumps off the page at you,’ he said.
  Fourteen film adaptations were made of his works during his lifetime, the first in 1915.
  From now on, she will write the book first, then do an adaptation for film or television.
  In the days before television, it was common practice to create radio adaptations of popular films.
  Film adaptations of video games have a bad track record to date.
  The movie adaptation has attracted critical praise in the US, although it received a mixed reception at the Sundance film festival.
  Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of ships and pirates has been a huge success in the guises of film and television adaptations.
  Unlike other poor adaptations, this film suffers from following the text too closely.
  And out just in time for its movie adaptation, seasons one through four of The Dukes of Hazzard can be purchased in one convenient box set.
  So his latest film, an adaptation of his stage play, The Far Side of the Moon, comes as a shock.
  I know several of my peers who have spent years working on film adaptations of their work, only for them either to come out badly, or else not come out at all.
  In fact, the film was an adaptation of a novel by the Australian author Dale Collins, published in 1930.
  The critical response to my adaptation of Midnight Cowboy has made me break my chaste vow of silence.
  No novelist can afford to be precious about the film adaptations of their work.
  I have a theory about film adaptations of literary works whose titles include the author's name.
  This movie adaptation of the TV adaptation of the novelisation of the radio series is about as faithful as you can get.
  Further film adaptations are planned, in light of the success of this first big-screen project.
  It could be argued that the most difficult screenplays to write are adaptations of novels.
2. 1.2Biology A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment.
  〔生〕适应性变化
  living in groups is an adaptation that increases the efficiency of hunting
  biochemical adaptation in parasites
  寄生虫的生化适应性变化过程。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Molecular biologists have seen all of these processes at work in the laboratory, in particular the adaptation of duplicated genes.
  One of the processes that may lead to the formation of sibling species complexes involves adaptation to specific habitats.
  They exhibit striking differences in physical features, indicating adaptation to different environments.
  They better understand the process of speciation, adaptation, and extinction.
  This may be related to the adaptation of the plant to the warmer climate of the Cape Verde Islands.
  The adaptation of organisms to their habitat ultimately depends upon environmental criteria.
  However, mutators may play an important role in the adaptation of organisms to changing environments.
  In general, the results support the importance of physiological and genetic adaptation of microbes to the environment.
  Is adaptation to stressful environments more rapid and extensive than to benign environments?
  We should not casually assume that earlier forms were inferior in adaptation to their particular environment.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare (see adapt).

词汇	adaptation
释义	Definition of adaptation in English: adaptation noun adəpˈteɪʃ(ə)nˌædæpˈteɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The 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。 Example sentencesExamples The solutions to global warming involve adaptation to new conditions. I believe we have to start thinking of our bodies and brains as systems, and learn to see hormonal change as one part of a much broader process of adaptation. The body performs many automatic tasks, including self-repair, maintenance and adaptation. By taking into account the difficult process of adaptation of the military into the civil society, I think, the army indeed paid a heavy price for the reforms. The tone and tactics of globalisation critics may need some adaptation, but debating on who makes and manages global policies remains vital. Absent a critical cultural adaptation, human beings could never have thrived in the face of this constraint. It is a process of adaptation, a habit acquired with effort, pain, and tedium. When we were on the same continent, you would see everybody once a week, you knew where they were, so the progression of change and adaptation was very gradual. The shape and form of the bungalow constantly underwent change and adaptation out of functional necessity. Emergent norm theory describes a rational process of social and psychological adaptation to a truly novel circumstance. The process of adaptation is sometimes visualized as populations walking throughout an adaptive landscape. Treatment includes long term medication such as steroid, dietary adaptation, lifestyle adaptation and surgery. This was considered critical for highly educated immigrants, because settlement and adaptation is facilitated by social interaction. Psychologists talk about a process called adaptation; it turns out that we quickly adjust to whatever our environment is like. Children whose capacity for social adaptation is reduced over 90 per cent will also be entitled to an allowance. For all of their contacts and talent, he acknowledges the fact that survival, as a musician, is a process of adaptation. For many senior citizens, retirement means the end of the work day and adaptation to the loss of an identity and a daily social setting. Both processes exemplify adaptation or adjustment, but very different mechanisms must be involved. Throughout the next hundred years, the two denominations pursued different strategies for cultural adaptation. Synonyms converting, conversion, alteration, modification, adjustment, changing, transformation remodelling, revamping, reshaping, reconstruction tailoring, customizing adjustment, conformity, acclimatization, accommodation, attunement, familiarization, habituation, orientation, conditioning, inurement, hardening, seasoning, acculturation, assimilation, integration, domestication, naturalization blending in, fitting in, settling in, settling down North American acclimation 1.1count 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。 Example sentencesExamples From now on, she will write the book first, then do an adaptation for film or television. Film adaptations of video games have a bad track record to date. And out just in time for its movie adaptation, seasons one through four of The Dukes of Hazzard can be purchased in one convenient box set. Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of ships and pirates has been a huge success in the guises of film and television adaptations. It could be argued that the most difficult screenplays to write are adaptations of novels. In the days before television, it was common practice to create radio adaptations of popular films. The movie adaptation has attracted critical praise in the US, although it received a mixed reception at the Sundance film festival. Unlike other poor adaptations, this film suffers from following the text too closely. Fourteen film adaptations were made of his works during his lifetime, the first in 1915. So his latest film, an adaptation of his stage play, The Far Side of the Moon, comes as a shock. I know several of my peers who have spent years working on film adaptations of their work, only for them either to come out badly, or else not come out at all. ‘Christopher Hampton's translation and adaptation just jumps off the page at you,’ he said. Television dramas were usually adaptations of stage plays, and invariably about upper classes. This movie adaptation of the TV adaptation of the novelisation of the radio series is about as faithful as you can get. I have a theory about film adaptations of literary works whose titles include the author's name. Further film adaptations are planned, in light of the success of this first big-screen project. In fact, the film was an adaptation of a novel by the Australian author Dale Collins, published in 1930. No novelist can afford to be precious about the film adaptations of their work. IS THERE a limit to the number of film adaptations that can be made of classic literature before it becomes too stale? The critical response to my adaptation of Midnight Cowboy has made me break my chaste vow of silence. 1.2Biology The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. 〔生〕适应性变化 living in groups is an adaptation to increase the efficiency of hunting Example sentencesExamples The adaptation of organisms to their habitat ultimately depends upon environmental criteria. This may be related to the adaptation of the plant to the warmer climate of the Cape Verde Islands. However, mutators may play an important role in the adaptation of organisms to changing environments. One of the processes that may lead to the formation of sibling species complexes involves adaptation to specific habitats. In general, the results support the importance of physiological and genetic adaptation of microbes to the environment. Molecular biologists have seen all of these processes at work in the laboratory, in particular the adaptation of duplicated genes. They exhibit striking differences in physical features, indicating adaptation to different environments. Is adaptation to stressful environments more rapid and extensive than to benign environments? We should not casually assume that earlier forms were inferior in adaptation to their particular environment. They better understand the process of speciation, adaptation, and extinction. Origin Early 17th century: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare (see adapt). Definition of adaptation in US English: adaptation nounˌadapˈtāSH(ə)nˌædæpˈteɪʃ(ə)n 1The 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。 adaptations to the school curriculum 学校课程设置的修改。 Example sentencesExamples The shape and form of the bungalow constantly underwent change and adaptation out of functional necessity. The tone and tactics of globalisation critics may need some adaptation, but debating on who makes and manages global policies remains vital. This was considered critical for highly educated immigrants, because settlement and adaptation is facilitated by social interaction. The process of adaptation is sometimes visualized as populations walking throughout an adaptive landscape. Psychologists talk about a process called adaptation; it turns out that we quickly adjust to whatever our environment is like. When we were on the same continent, you would see everybody once a week, you knew where they were, so the progression of change and adaptation was very gradual. For many senior citizens, retirement means the end of the work day and adaptation to the loss of an identity and a daily social setting. It is a process of adaptation, a habit acquired with effort, pain, and tedium. Children whose capacity for social adaptation is reduced over 90 per cent will also be entitled to an allowance. For all of their contacts and talent, he acknowledges the fact that survival, as a musician, is a process of adaptation. Emergent norm theory describes a rational process of social and psychological adaptation to a truly novel circumstance. The body performs many automatic tasks, including self-repair, maintenance and adaptation. Absent a critical cultural adaptation, human beings could never have thrived in the face of this constraint. Both processes exemplify adaptation or adjustment, but very different mechanisms must be involved. I believe we have to start thinking of our bodies and brains as systems, and learn to see hormonal change as one part of a much broader process of adaptation. Treatment includes long term medication such as steroid, dietary adaptation, lifestyle adaptation and surgery. The solutions to global warming involve adaptation to new conditions. Throughout the next hundred years, the two denominations pursued different strategies for cultural adaptation. By taking into account the difficult process of adaptation of the military into the civil society, I think, the army indeed paid a heavy price for the reforms. Synonyms converting, conversion, alteration, modification, adjustment, changing, transformation adjustment, conformity, acclimatization, accommodation, attunement, familiarization, habituation, orientation, conditioning, inurement, hardening, seasoning, acculturation, assimilation, integration, domestication, naturalization 1.1 A movie, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work, typically a novel. （根据文学作品）改编成的电影（或电视剧、戏剧） filming her adaptation of a beloved children's book Example sentencesExamples Television dramas were usually adaptations of stage plays, and invariably about upper classes. IS THERE a limit to the number of film adaptations that can be made of classic literature before it becomes too stale? ‘Christopher Hampton's translation and adaptation just jumps off the page at you,’ he said. Fourteen film adaptations were made of his works during his lifetime, the first in 1915. From now on, she will write the book first, then do an adaptation for film or television. In the days before television, it was common practice to create radio adaptations of popular films. Film adaptations of video games have a bad track record to date. The movie adaptation has attracted critical praise in the US, although it received a mixed reception at the Sundance film festival. Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of ships and pirates has been a huge success in the guises of film and television adaptations. Unlike other poor adaptations, this film suffers from following the text too closely. And out just in time for its movie adaptation, seasons one through four of The Dukes of Hazzard can be purchased in one convenient box set. So his latest film, an adaptation of his stage play, The Far Side of the Moon, comes as a shock. I know several of my peers who have spent years working on film adaptations of their work, only for them either to come out badly, or else not come out at all. In fact, the film was an adaptation of a novel by the Australian author Dale Collins, published in 1930. The critical response to my adaptation of Midnight Cowboy has made me break my chaste vow of silence. No novelist can afford to be precious about the film adaptations of their work. I have a theory about film adaptations of literary works whose titles include the author's name. This movie adaptation of the TV adaptation of the novelisation of the radio series is about as faithful as you can get. Further film adaptations are planned, in light of the success of this first big-screen project. It could be argued that the most difficult screenplays to write are adaptations of novels. 1.2Biology A change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. 〔生〕适应性变化 living in groups is an adaptation that increases the efficiency of hunting biochemical adaptation in parasites 寄生虫的生化适应性变化过程。 Example sentencesExamples Molecular biologists have seen all of these processes at work in the laboratory, in particular the adaptation of duplicated genes. One of the processes that may lead to the formation of sibling species complexes involves adaptation to specific habitats. They exhibit striking differences in physical features, indicating adaptation to different environments. They better understand the process of speciation, adaptation, and extinction. This may be related to the adaptation of the plant to the warmer climate of the Cape Verde Islands. The adaptation of organisms to their habitat ultimately depends upon environmental criteria. However, mutators may play an important role in the adaptation of organisms to changing environments. In general, the results support the importance of physiological and genetic adaptation of microbes to the environment. Is adaptation to stressful environments more rapid and extensive than to benign environments? We should not casually assume that earlier forms were inferior in adaptation to their particular environment. Origin Early 17th century: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare (see adapt).
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