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adaptation

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ad·ap·ta·tion /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/ AWL (also adaption /əˈdæpʃən/) noun  1 [countable] a film or television programme that is based on a book or play 改编版adaptation of the BBC adaptation of the best-selling book 那本畅销书的英国广播公司改编版television/film/stage etc adaptation He’s working on a screen adaptation of his latest novel. 他在把自己的最新小说改编成电影。2 [uncountable]CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT formal the process of changing something to make it suitable for a new situation 适应adaptation to adaptation to the environment 适应环境
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adaptationIn addition, a decrease in size seems to have accompanied adaptation to an exclusively arboreal life.Its film adaptation was a big hit and won five Oscars, including best picture.The work does not involve major adaptations or renovation.This form developed bipedalism and other adaptations to the newly opening arid savannah landscape and eventually became the ancestor of man.In this way, provisional adaptations turn into routine commitments.It is simply that adaptation and ancestry can explain what adaptation alone can not.She was responsible for the adaptation of the book "The Witches of Eastwick" into a stage play.television/film/stage etc adaptationWhere a film adaptation could ventilate the humid bachelor atmosphere of Hornby's novel is in giving opportunities for women.The censors had also insisted on a cut in his stage adaptation of Anna Karenina.Its film adaptation was a big hit and won five Oscars, including best picture.Equally disappointing is the latest stage adaptation of a Roald Dahl story for children at Christmas.adaptation toOur company's adaptation to shifting consumer tastes has been a great success.
ad·ap·ta·tion nounChineseSyllable
film that is a programme television Corpus or


adaptation
adaptation AC /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/ (also a‧dap‧tion /əˈdæpʃən/) noun
 Word Family: noun: adaptability, adaptation, adapter, ADAPTOR; adjective: adaptable, adapted; verb: adapt
1. [countable] a film or television programme that is based on a book or play
    adaptation of
    the BBC adaptation of the best-selling book
    television/film/stage etc adaptation
    He’s working on a screen adaptation of his latest novel.
2. [uncountable] formal the process of changing something to make it suitable for a new situation
    adaptation to
    adaptation to the environment


adap·ta·tion AW BrE /ˌædæpˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌædæpˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 (also less frequent adap·tion BrE /əˈdæpʃn/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈdæpʃn/ 🔊) noun [countable] a film/movie, book or play that is based on a particular piece of work but that has been changed for a new situation 改编本;改写本a screen adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'莎士比亚悲剧《麦克白》的电影改写本 [uncountable] the process of changing sth, for example your behaviour, to suit a new situation 适应the adaptation of desert species to the hot conditions沙漠物种对炎热环境的适应