| 单词 | readapt |
| 释义 | readapt (once / 337695 pages) v To readapt is to get used to a certain situation or condition again. If you move back to a remote island after a few years in a large city, you'll have to readapt to the solitary, slow-paced life. When college graduates move back home with their parents, they have to readapt to living in their childhood homes, and sometimes to rules and expectations that didn't exist back in the dorms. And if you dig up a clump of daisies in your yard and move them to a sunnier spot, they'll need to readapt to the new soil. Readapt adds the "again" prefix re- to adapt, from the Latin adaptare, "adjust" or "fix." WORD FAMILYreadapt: readapted, readapting, readapts+/adapt: adaptable, adaptation, adaptative, adapted, adapter, adapting, adaption, adaptive, adaptor, adapts, readapt/adaptability: adaptabilities/adaptable: adaptability, adaptably, unadaptable/adaptation: adaptational, adaptations/adapted: unadapted/adapter: adapters/adaption: adaptions/adaptive: adaptively, nonadaptive/adaptor: adaptors/unadaptable: unadaptability USAGE EXAMPLESThus, the new play was readapted into yet another opera libretto, which followed Hampton’s revisions closely — except, Glass says, “it’s not four hours long.” Washington Post(Nov 12, 2015) Emphasising the differences between life in space and "reality" on Earth, Cmdr Hadfield said he was "readapting to it physically and mentally". BBC(May 16, 2013) Emphasising the differences between life in space and "reality" on earth, Cmdr Hadfield said he was "readapting to it physically and mentally". BBC(May 16, 2013) 1v adapt anew He readapted himself Hyper adapt, adjust, conform adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions 2v adjust anew Syn|Hyper readjust adapt, adjust, conform adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions |
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