adapt

adapt
あてはめる 当て嵌める
つくりかえる 作り替える
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/ədǽpt/ (類音adopt((米))) 〖動〗|他|
1 [SVO1 to O2]〈人が〉O1〈物・事〉をO2〈物・事〉に適合させる, 合せる; O1〈人・動物など〉をO2〈環境など〉に順応させる, なじませる(◇[類] adjust, accommodate, conform)

~ one's way of life to the new circumstance 生活様式を新しい環境に合せる.

2 [SVO1 for O2]〈人が〉O1〈物〉をO2〈別の用途・人〉に合うように改造する; O1〈作品など〉をO2〈映画など〉に改作する, 翻案する(((正式)) modify)

~ the radio for use with direct current 直流電気用にラジオを改造する

~ the novel for the play 小説を劇にする

~ the book for children 子供向きに本を書き直す.

3 〈物・事〉を〔…から/…するように〕作り変える〔from/to do〕

~ the play from the novel 小説から劇に翻案する.

|自|[SV to O]〈人などが〉O〈環境など〉に(努力して)順応する《◆「機能調節して順応する」はadjust》; 慣れる

~ to life in a new school 新しい学校生活に慣れる.

adapt oneself to O
〈人が〉(努力して)〈環境など〉に慣れる, なじむ

oneself to hot weather [a new job] 暑い天候[新しい仕事]に慣れる.


English-Japanese dictionary. 2013.

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