名词 adaptation:

1. a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form

2. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

3. (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)

adaptationn.改编；改编成的作品；适应；【心】（感官）适应，适应性变化adaptation index适应指数adaptation level适应水平,适应电平adaptation model适应模式adaptation stage适应教育阶段adaptation board适配板adaptation layer适配层adaptation trial适应尝试adaptation light适应adaptation ratio配合比adaptation to end适应目的

1. Many are neither adaptations nor the result of selection at all.
   其实，有许多根本就不是适应，也不是选择的结果。
2. They also have a number of special physical adaptations that help them thrive in desert conditions.
   它们自身的改变也适应了沙漠环境，才得以繁衍生存。