| 单词 | adapt |
| 释义 | adapt I. transitive verb 1. a. < the toughness of the material adapts it for many uses > b. < he adapted the novel for the stage > < adapt his instruction to meet individual needs — P.H.Furfey > 2. < I could adapt myself to the isolated life — Ella E. Clark > < a given environment with organisms adapting themselves to it — A.N.Whitehead > intransitive verb < man adapts socially to an increasingly complicated … culture — J.F.Brown > Synonyms: < to see men only in terms of the geographical conditions to which they adapt themselves — Alfred Kazin > < our plans must change in adapting to the new situations — Hugo Wall > < the inside walls are all movable so that the interior can easily be adapted to meet new requirements — London Calling > To adjust to something or to adjust one thing to another usually suggests no significant alteration or modification but rather a bringing into a correspondence or harmony, prearranged or clearly possible but not quite achieved previously < the main problem confronting the child is not yet to adjust to a cultural milieu but primarily to adjust to the rapidly changing phases of his biological growth — Franz Alexander > accommodate often suggests the special or transient adaptation of one thing to another or of two things to each other, implying a significant difference overcome in a specially arranged, temporary, or expedient harmony < local building ordinances … had been adjusted to accommodate the new materials and methods — Current Biography > < a water trough long enough to accommodate the noses of a barnful of thirsting cows — Monsanto Magazine > < a school auditorium must accommodate a large variety of acoustic activities — Bulletin of American Institute of Architects > conform implies the achievement of harmony or correspondence by compliance as with a preexisting pattern, form, or principle, sometimes carrying the implication of slavish compliance < to ensure that all work done conforms to the highest standards — Ivor Bulmer-Thomas > < certain lies are indulged in to conform to etiquette — D.C.Buchanan > < unwilling to conform to American ways — Oscar Handlin > To reconcile one thing with another or to reconcile two things, in the sense pertinent to this comparison, is to persuade oneself or others of the fundamental congruity of things that are, or seem to be, incompatible or to adjust the two things so that they are compatible < reconcile opposing points of view > < we can reconcile naturalism or, if you please, materialism with the piety which has distinguished genuinely spiritualistic views of life — M.R.Cohen > < the critical judgment of those who are suspicious of “best sellers” and unwilling to reconcile excellence with public taste — College English > II. obsolete |
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