adaptation

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ad·ap·ta·tion /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/ AWL (also adaption /əˈdæpʃən/) noun

1 [countableC] a film or television programme that is based on a book or play 改編版

adaptation of

the BBC adaptation of the best-selling book

那本暢銷書的英國廣播公司改編版

television/film/stage etc adaptation

He’s working on a screen adaptation of his latest novel.

他在把自己的最新小說改編成電影。

2 [uncountableU]CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENT formal the process of changing something to make it suitable for a new situation 適應

adaptation to

adaptation to the environment

適應環境

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adaptation• In addition, a decrease in size seems to have accompanied adaptation to an exclusively arboreal life.• Its film adaptation was a big hit and won five Oscars, including best picture.• The work does not involve major adaptations or renovation.• This form developed bipedalism and other adaptations to the newly opening arid savannah landscape and eventually became the ancestor of man.• In this way, provisional adaptations turn into routine commitments.• It is simply that adaptation and ancestry can explain what adaptation alone can not.• She was responsible for the adaptation of the book "The Witches of Eastwick" into a stage play.

television/film/stage etc adaptation• Where a film adaptation could ventilate the humid bachelor atmosphere of Hornby's novel is in giving opportunities for women.• The censors had also insisted on a cut in his stage adaptation of Anna Karenina.• Its film adaptation was a big hit and won five Oscars, including best picture.• Equally disappointing is the latest stage adaptation of a Roald Dahl story for children at Christmas.

adaptation to• Our company's adaptation to shifting consumer tastes has been a great success.

ad·ap·ta·tion noun

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