【adaptation】 - SAT备考词汇

adaptation

UK:  [.ædæp'teɪʃ(ə)n]

US:  [.ædæp'teɪʃ(ə)n]

复数：adaptations  

n.

1.适应,适应性;适应性变化

2.适合,适应,顺应

3.〔生〕攫食适应:〔医〕防御适应

4.改动;改编本;由…演变而来

5.改编(的作品)

6.配合

7.采用

8.修正

9.同化

10.【生物学】适应性的改变;感官适应性调节

1 . Failure to take account of the linkages however will result in widespread mal-adaptation and a monumental wasted opportunity.
但如果没有把上述关联考虑进去，就会产生广泛的适应不良，并且浪费一个宝贵的机会。

2 . Therefore, the spiral arrangement is not likely to be result of a direct adaptation to wind pollination.
因此，这种螺旋形安排不太可能是对风授粉的一种直接适应所带来的结果。

3 . The study also tested how much these changes had been affected by hedonic adaptation (see sustainable happiness post) and variety.
这个研究也检验了享乐适应（看可持续的幸福终点）和变化究竟能带来多大的改变。

4 . Building on this idea, some of his colleagues argued that language is an adaptation shaped by natural selection, just like eyes and wings.
从这个观点出发，他的同僚们也主张语言是由于自然选择而形成的适应结果，就像眼睛和翅膀一样。

5 . One was a pledge of $100 billion a year from north to south to help pay for emissions cuts and climate adaptation by 2020.
其中一项是，截止到2020年北方各国每年都会拿出一千亿美元给南方各国，来用于支付温室气体减排和适应气候变化的费用。