及物動詞：使適應(情況、用途)、改動、改編
常見搭配詞：
- adapt something to do something
改變…以便能做… - adapt something for somebody
為適合某人而調整某物 - be adapted for television / screen
被改編成電視劇 / 電影
例句：
- He has adapted his car to take unleaded gas.
他改造了車子，讓它可以加無鉛汽油 - The teacher has tried to adapt the teaching materials for older students.
那個老師試著要改編那些教學資料，以便適合年紀大一點的學生 - One of his novels has been adapted for television.
他的一部小說被改編成電視劇 - Many people buy the novel after it has been adapted for screen.
在被改編成電影後，很多人買這部小說
不及物動詞：適應、適合
常見搭配詞：
- adapt (oneself) to N
讓自己適應… - adapt well / easily
適應良好 / 能輕易地適應變動
例句：
- I tried hard to adapt to the new school.
我努力著想適應新的學校 - The ability to adapt well to changes is essential to one’s success.
調整自己適應改變的能力，對一個人的成就很重要 - We need to help new arrivals to adapt to their new environment as soon as possible.
我們需要幫助新住民儘快適應環境 - His wife lacks the ability to adapt easily.
他的老婆缺乏迅速適應的能力
同義詞：
- alter 改動 vt. 通常指輕微地改變
- adjust 調整，調節 vt. (為了使某物更正確、有效或合適）
- modify 修改、改造 vt.
- change 改變 vt.
- make fit / make suitable 使合適
- fit 適合 vt.
衍生字：
- adaptable 能適應的、適應性強的 adj.
- adaptability 適應性、適應力 n.
- adapted 改造的、改編的、適應的(生物) adj.
- adaptation 適應、改編 n.
- adapter 多頭插頭、轉接器 n.
- adaptive 有適應性的、適應的 adj.
- adaptively 適應性地 adv.
- adaptiveness 適應性(一種特質) n.
