adaptable

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a. 能适应的, 适合的, 可修改的

发音

US /əˈdæptəbəl/
其它

词形变化

more adaptable 比较级 most adaptable 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

适合的；能适应的；可修改的

释义与例句

adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Capable of being adapted.

    an adaptable electric plug for international use

  2. 2.

    Willing or able to adapt to circumstances; flexible.

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […]

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

unadaptable

近义相关 9

universal flexible convertible elastic variable adjustable pliable filmable pliant

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adaptable From adapt + -able.

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