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Từ điển LongMan Dictionary
adaptation
ad‧ap‧ta‧tion AC /ˌædæpˈteɪʃən/ (also a‧dap‧tion /əˈdæpʃən/) noun [Word Family: noun: adaptability, adaptation, adapter, ADAPTOR; adjective: adaptable, adapted; verb: adapt] 1. [COUNTABLE] a film or television programme that is based on a book or play adaptation of ▪ the BBC adaptation of the best-selling book television/film/stage etc adaptation ▪ He’s working on a screen adaptation of his latest novel.
2. [UNCOUNTABLE] formal the process of changing something to make it suitable for a new situation adaptation to ▪ adaptation to the environment
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE special ▪ Charity cash-raising activities to finance special adaptations. ▪ Also, in association with the Partially Sighted Society, special adaptations were made. ▪ Life in the ocean depths poses many special problems, requiring special adaptations. ▪ It does this through a special adaptation that allows it to adjust the concentration of its blood. ▪ Laying and distributing the eggs in small batches is a special adaptation to these hot desert conditions. successful ▪ It is a highly successful adaptation of an advertisement which was first shown back in the early 1980s in Britain. ▪ The first attempts failed, but with collaboration from Hebb and others, successful adaptations were made. NOUN film ▪ Where a film adaptation could ventilate the humid bachelor atmosphere of Hornby's novel is in giving opportunities for women. ▪ Its film adaptation was a big hit and won five Oscars, including best picture. stage ▪ Equally disappointing is the latest stage adaptation of a Roald Dahl story for children at Christmas. ▪ The censors had also insisted on a cut in his stage adaptation of Anna Karenina. VERB require ▪ For the male pied flycatcher, bigamy is obviously a successful strategy, but it also requires quite complex behavioural adaptations. ▪ It required cellular adaptations in thought and nerve fiber. ▪ Life in the ocean depths poses many special problems, requiring special adaptations. ▪ The application form asks if you require adaptations, and you must say what you need and why. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ She was responsible for the adaptation of the book "The Witches of Eastwick" into a stage play. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In addition, a decrease in size seems to have accompanied adaptation to an exclusively arboreal life. ▪ In this way, provisional adaptations turn into routine commitments. ▪ It is simply that adaptation and ancestry can explain what adaptation alone can not. ▪ Its film adaptation was a big hit and won five Oscars, including best picture. ▪ The work does not involve major adaptations or renovation. ▪ This form developed bipedalism and other adaptations to the newly opening arid savannah landscape and eventually became the ancestor of man.
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