adaptation

1. N-COUNT An adaptation of a book or play is a film or a television programme that is based on it. 改編

Branagh won two awards for his screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry the Fifth. 布拉納因他對莎士比亞的《亨利五世》的熒幕改編而獲了兩次獎(jiǎng)。

2. N-UNCOUNT Adaptation is the act of changing something or changing your behaviour to make it suitable for a new purpose or situation. 適應(yīng)

Most living creatures are capable of adaptation when compelled to do so. 大多數(shù)生物在為情勢所迫時(shí)都能適應(yīng)。