adaptation
适应，（书）改写本（adapt+ation→适应→适应〔各种人〕的书→改写本）
释义2：
adaptation
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◙ noun1. [mass noun] the action or process of adapting or being adapted• 适应（行为或过程） »the adaptation of teaching strategy to meet students' needs. 修订教学方法以适应学生的需要。 »[count noun] adaptations to the school curriculum. 学校课程设置的修改。 [count noun] a film, television drama, or stage play that has been adapted from a written work• （根据文学作品）改编成的电影（或电视剧、戏剧） »a three-part adaptation of Hard Times. 《艰难时世》改编而成的三集脚本。 [count noun] [Biology] a change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment• [生] 适应性变化 the process of making such changes• 适应性变化过程 »biochemical adaptation in parasites. 寄生虫的生化适应性变化过程。【语源】
1. early 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin adaptatio(n-), from Latin adaptare (see adapt )
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