adapts

英 [əˈdæpts]

美 [əˈdæpts]

v.  使适应，使适合(新用途、新情况); 适应(新情况); 改编; 改写
adapt的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 适应
  If youadapt toa new situation oradapt yourself toit, you change your ideas or behaviour in order to deal with it successfully.
  1. The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change...
     世界会变得不同，我们必须做好准备以适应其变化。
  2. They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy.
     他们不得不适应战时经济。
• VERB 使适合，使适应（新用途或新情况）
  If youadaptsomething, you change it to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation.
  1. Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office.
     为将图书馆改作办公室而做了一些架子。
• VERB 改编；改写
  If youadapta book or play, you change it so that it can be made into a film or a television programme.
  1. The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen...
     编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。
  2. The film has been adapted from a play of the same title.
     电影改编自一部同名戏剧。
• See also:adapted

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