adapt

adapt /əˈdæpt/ vt.& vi.1.使适应，使合适: She is not adapted for such work. 她不适宜做这种工作。［考句］ The newcomers found it impossible to adapt themselves to the climate sufficiently to make permanent home in the new country. 这些新来者发现，要在这个新国家完全适应这种气候以永久安家是不可能的。［考句］I suggested he should adapt himself to his new conditions.我建议他应该使自己适应新的条件。2.改编，改写；改变；翻改：a play adapted from a novel 由小说改编的剧本

［辨析］adapt指为达到新要求所发生的巨大变化，并强调进行改变的目的。adjust指小变化，例如机器的调准等。