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Something does not fit the situation, so you change it until it does. You keep the thing itself — you do not throw it out and start again — you reshape it to match a new place, a new job, or new people. Sometimes the thing you reshape is an object, sometimes it is yourself.
可以想成有個東西跟現在的處境合不上，於是你動手把它改到合得上為止。重點是「不是丟掉重來」——本體留著，只是改形狀去配…更多收起
可以想成有個東西跟現在的處境合不上，於是你動手把它改到合得上為止。重點是「不是丟掉重來」——本體留著，只是改形狀去配合新的地方、新的用途、新的一群人。有時候被改的是一台機器、一本小說；有時候被改的是你自己。這也是為什麼 adapt 聽起來不像失去什麼，比較像是為了活得下去而讓自己更貼合現實。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
adaptverb/əˈdæpt/
- 1
To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit.
- 2
To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
- to adapt a story for the stage
- to adapt an old machine to a new manufacture
- 3
To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character.
- to bring out a play adapted from the French
- a word of an adapted form
- 4
To make oneself comfortable to a new thing.
- They could not adapt to the new climate and so perished.
adaptadj/əˈdæpt/
- 1
Adapted; fit; suited; suitable; apt.
- This prediction, though somewhat obscure, is wonderfully adapt.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。