| 单词 | adaptation |
| 释义 | adaptation (ædæpteɪʃən ) Word forms: adaptations 1. countable noun An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it. ...Branagh's screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth. [+ of] 2. uncountable noun Adaptation is the act of changing something or changing your behaviour to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation. Most living creatures are capable of adaptation when compelled to do so. Synonyms: acclimatization, naturalization, habituation, familiarization Collocations: adaptation mechanism Many researches on chromatic adaptation and color constancy suggested that the different levels of visual processes involve the adaptation mechanism. 2012, 'S3-2: Colorfulness Perception Adapting to Natural Scenes', i-Perception These expansions are largely due to tandem duplication, a possible adaptation mechanism enabling polyphagy. 2017, 'Two genomes of highly polyphagous lepidopteran pests (Spodoptera frugiperda, Noctuidae) with different host-plant ranges', Scientific Reports The cold adaptation mechanism of psychrophilic fungi remains unknown. 2016, 'Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Proteomic Analysis Provide Insights Into the Cold Adaptation Mechanism of the Obligate Psychrophilic Fungus Mrakia psychrophila', G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics Work was 'a form of biological adaptation'. The Times Literary Supplement People can eat because they are hungry (biological adaptation), or because they like good food or want to enjoy the company of others (social adaptation). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Biological adaptation plays a role in bodily features and skin type. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At that time, most zoologists felt that natural selection could not be the main cause of biological adaptation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He proposed a version of the teleological argument based on the accumulation of the probabilities of each individual biological adaptation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 According to this view, such an evolutionary adaptation would have been caused by environmental stresses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In these terms evolutionary adaptation may occur most obviously through the natural selection of particular alleles. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Smaller beetles fare better in scramble competition for shelter, which could one day lead to the evolutionary adaptation of smaller beetle structures for survival purposes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Comparative physiologists often study organisms that live in extreme environments (e.g., deserts) because they expect to find especially clear examples of evolutionary adaptation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Flatfishes have been cited as dramatic examples of evolutionary adaptation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The evening fails to work either as a piece of entertaining schlock or as a faithful adaptation of the story. Times, Sunday Times Yes, he has made a more faithful adaptation. Globe and Mail On the whole, it was a very faithful adaptation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His plan was to make a fully faithful adaptation, follow the source material closely, and make a translation, not an adaptation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The screenplay was not an entirely faithful adaptation of the original short story, published anonymously in 1662. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Distraught fans can seek comfort in reports of a film adaptation. Times, Sunday Times (2015) It would have to be a book or film adaptation that will have popular appeal. Times, Sunday Times (2012) He also wrote the screenplay for its film adaptation. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Were we supposed to see this as a literary adaptation or a historical one? Times, Sunday Times (2009) It was his fifth film and his fifth literary adaptation. The Times Literary Supplement (2011) Theirs is more of a classical literary adaptation and they are probably aiming at a slightly older audience than we are. Times, Sunday Times (2009) And while shows usually feed off the energy of a live audience, a movie adaptation has to find its own sustenance. Times, Sunday Times The rest of the world was more welcoming, and the novel has sold more than 4m copies, so a movie adaptation was inevitable. Times, Sunday Times Some - perhaps envisaging a movie adaptation - were more encouraging: perhaps if he could schmaltz the story upabit... Times, Sunday Times The book was so long that the movie adaptation had to be split into two films. Times, Sunday Times But it became a surprise bestseller and has now rocketed into the mainstream thanks to the blockbuster movie adaptation. The Sun I love the musical adaptation of it as well have seen it more than 50 times. The Sun This version was later used in the 2007 musical adaptation of the same name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The musical adaptation has had positive reviews from fans and critics alike. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The play's formal structure was well-suited to musical adaptation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Dants has also been portrayed on stage, including in a musical adaptation of the novel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A novel adaptation for the film was also released. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It features a cast of characters from both the visual novel and light novel adaptation based on the game. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A graphic novel adaptation was released in 2007. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You'd have 90 original screenplays versus 10 novel adaptations. Globe and Mail Novel adaptations can often feel too episodic. Times, Sunday Times And the audience that cheered the original adaptation didn't do it because of how professional the film looked, but because of inspiring brilliance of the attempt. Christianity Today The original adaptation filled only one act but the revised version added distinct scene changes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Also, if one of the original adaptations involved complete loss of a gene, one can neglect any probability of reversal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This physiological adaptation allows them to uptake water and avoid dehydration when temperatures get too high. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This physiological adaptation shows in nearly a hundred other species, including owlet-nightjars, nightjars, and woodswallows. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These studies have helped expand the understanding of bacterial catabolism, noncatabolic physiological adaptation to organic compounds, and the evolution of large bacterial genomes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Therefore, the effects of flight duration on physiological adaptation and readaptation could be examined. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hypotheses to explain the evolution of biomineralization include physiological adaptation to changing chemistry of the oceans, defense against predators and the opportunity to grow larger. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The screen adaptation was then only a matter of time. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But the screen adaptation is minimal. Times, Sunday Times (2007) In fact, it makes you wonder why a modern screen adaptation has taken so long. Times, Sunday Times (2013) At the same time, it isn't an obvious candidate for stage adaptation. Times, Sunday Times So there should be an audience out there for this first-ever stage adaptation, aimed at those aged three and up. Times, Sunday Times Reviewers were horrified by the novel and its stage adaptation, seeing them as perverse and potentially corrupting. The Times Literary Supplement That's my only reservation about an otherwise beautiful stage adaptation. ST The four ensuing years involved not merely the usual chores of stage adaptation. Times, Sunday Times It felt like a somewhat contrived touch in an otherwise largely authentic and successful adaptation. The Times Literary Supplement This far outweighs the carrying capacity for this region, but this follows centuries of successful adaptation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of course there are many successful adaptations — as long as you don't refer back to the original. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 改编 Japanese: 改作 |
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