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词汇 maladaptive
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Definition of maladaptive in English:

maladaptive

adjective ˌmaləˈdaptɪvˌmaləˈdaptiv
technical
  • Not adjusting adequately or appropriately to the environment or situation.

    〈技〉不适应的,适应不良的

    maladaptive coping strategies such as increasing consumption of alcohol
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cycle of success and the maladaptive cycle are one behavioral system
    • Indeed, some traits are simply maladaptive, leading to costs for individual members of the species.
    • This may affect their psychosocial stability, furthering firesetting tendencies and other maladaptive behaviors.
    • They also describe ways of cultivating positive and agentic feelings and modifying maladaptive interpersonal patterns of expression.
    • Therapists help identify these maladaptive behaviors and how to counteract them.

Derivatives

  • maladaptation

  • noun ˌmalədapˈteɪʃ(ə)nˈˌmælˌædəpˈteɪʃən
    mass nountechnical
    • Failure to adjust adequately or appropriately to the environment or situation.

      〈技〉不适应的,适应不良的

      examples of cultural maladaptation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • count noun maladaptations of the English language
      • Despite her present weight of 25.4 kg and height of 136.5 cm, no psychosocial maladaptations have been reported.
      • The manipulations of the malaria parasite are remarkable adaptations, but the appendix is, to a great extent, an maladaptation.
      • Carl Zimmer links to a paper on maladaptation, and briefly discusses the deficiencies in the ‘design’ of the eye.
  • maladapted

  • adjective ˌmaləˈdaptɪdˈˌmæləˈˌdæptəd
    technical
    • Inadequately or inappropriately adapted to the environment or situation.

      〈技〉不适应的,适应不良的

      maladapted species
      Example sentencesExamples
      • genes that are maladapted to the local environment
      • The former says that we are maladapted to our social conditions - evolution hasn't caught up yet.
      • The rising prevalence of obesity is a sign of just how maladapted we are to modern life.
      • Prior weightings cannot determine current ones, since the former may be maladapted to the new situation.

Definition of maladaptive in US English:

maladaptive

adjectiveˌmaləˈdaptiv
technical
  • Not providing adequate or appropriate adjustment to the environment or situation.

    〈技〉不适应的,适应不良的

    maladaptive coping strategies such as increasing consumption of alcohol
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This may affect their psychosocial stability, furthering firesetting tendencies and other maladaptive behaviors.
    • Therapists help identify these maladaptive behaviors and how to counteract them.
    • They also describe ways of cultivating positive and agentic feelings and modifying maladaptive interpersonal patterns of expression.
    • The cycle of success and the maladaptive cycle are one behavioral system
    • Indeed, some traits are simply maladaptive, leading to costs for individual members of the species.
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