词汇精选：adapt的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

改编，改写 [T]

例句：

The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen.

编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。

例句：

The film has been adapted from a play of the same title.

电影改编自一部同名戏剧。

（使）适合，适应 [I,T]

例句：

He tried hard to adapt himself to the new conditions.

他努力使自己适应新的情况。

例句：

You must adapt to the norms of the society you live in.

在社会中生活就要遵循社会行为准则。

二、词义辨析：

adapt,adjust,conform,accommodate,suit,fit

这些动词均有“使适合，适应”之意。adapt指人或物在原有情况下作某些改变以适应新的环境或不同的条件，强调改变的目的和重要性。adjust与adapt含义很接近，但adjust所改变的幅度要小一些，侧重过程，主要用于调整角度、高度、光点等。conform多指与某模式或规则相符，也引申指改变习惯等以适应新的环境。accommodate书面用词，指以外部条件标准改变自己或某事以求得适应，着重改变或调节的有利。 suit指适合要求，从而使人满意愉快。fit含义广，指人或物适合或适应某一目的或用途。

三、参考例句：

We can adapt the house for office.

我们可以将这所房子改造成办公室。

She knew how to adapt herself.

她懂得如何适应环境。

He tried hard to adapt himself to the new conditions.

他努力使自己适应新的情况。

He is going to adapt his play for television.

他想把他的剧本改编成电视剧。

How do you adapt to this new environment?

你要怎样适应这种新环境呢?

The author is going to adapt his play for television.

作者将把他的剧本改编成电视剧。

Maise, millet and kaoliang adapt readily to varying natural conditions.

玉米、小米和高粱较易适应不同的自然条件。

Can you adapt yourself to a new job?

你能适应新的工作吗？

One should adapt oneself to the changed conditions.

我们应当使自己适应变化了的情况。

Business must adapt to this new psychology or asphyxiate.

企业必须适应这种新的心理，否则就会窒息而亡。