調整到合用（過程）
這一族就是核心本身：為了在新情況下運作良好而做的改變。
adjusting to fit · noun · C1
The process of changing something, or of changing yourself, so that it works well in a new situation.
適應
核心畫面
One way to picture it: something is being re-fitted so it works in a place it wasn't originally made for. The Latin root aptus means 'fitted, suited', and ad- means 'towards' — so the picture is of moving something towards a good fit with new surroundings.
把一個原本不是為了這裡而生的東西，重新「調整到合身」。像一件別人的外套穿到你身上，得改袖長、改腰身，才能在新的場合穿…更多收起
把一個原本不是為了這裡而生的東西，重新「調整到合身」。像一件別人的外套穿到你身上，得改袖長、改腰身，才能在新的場合穿得出去。adaptation 講的就是這個「改到合用」的過程——東西還是那個東西，但為了新的環境、新的條件，它被重新裁過一次。From the word’s history
From Latin adaptare — ad- 'to, towards' + aptare 'to fit', from aptus 'fitted, suited' (the same root behind apt and aptitude). The literal sense is 'to fit something to something else'.
來自拉丁文 adaptare：ad-（朝向）+ aptare（使合適），字根 aptus 就是「合身、適合」的意思，和 apt、aptitude 同源。字面上就是「把某物調到跟另一個東西合得起來」——這個「合身」的畫面一直留在現代的 adaptation 裡。
Wiktionary / Online Etymology Dictionary — Latin adaptare, from ad- + aptare (aptus 'fitted').
Two branches
換媒介重做的成品
同樣是「調到合用」，只是被調整的是一個故事，而新環境是另一種媒介。
screen adaptation · noun · C1
A film or television programme that tells the story of a book or play.
改編作品
原始詞典資料8 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。
adaptationnoun/ˌæd.əpˈteɪ.ʃən/
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The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
- To sum up, the Furka-Oberalp Railway is a good example of the adaptation of the rack-and-pinion system to a main line over mountainous terrain.
- Lifestyle adaptation arises because people inevitably encounter a gap between the style of life they desire and the actual resources they control.
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A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
- It's staggering because these adaptations to your schedule can dramatically change your life forever.
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human-scienceslinguisticssciencesThe process of replacing a given morpheme of a source lexeme with an equivalent morpheme of the target lexeme, especially where the two morphemes are cognates.
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The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
- ACCLIMATIZATION, the process of adaptation by which animals and plants are gradually rendered capable of surviving and flourishing in countries remote from their original habitats, or under meteorological conditions different from those which they have usually to endure, and at first injurious to them.
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An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
- This is the very method adopted, in the structure of the eye, to produce a perfect picture on the retina; it is an adaptation to the laws of light, and the property of color, in natural objects.
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The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
- Plays are rich and suitable sources for adaptation to film.
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authorshipbroadcastingcommunicationsAn artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
- Having partly a bibliographic value, and partly confirming the statements above as to Balzac's influence, the following details concerning theatrical adaptations of some of his novels may serve as a supplement to this chapter.
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human-sciencessciencessocial-scienceThe means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
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。