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适应

shìyìng

to adapt

Part of speech · verb

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Examples

  1. 刚来的时候,我不太适应这里的天气。
    When I first came, I could not quite adapt to the weather here.
  2. 人要学会适应环境。
    People must learn to adapt to their environment.

Collocations

适应环境适应能力难以适应适应新生活

Mnemonic

适 shì "to fit/suit" + 应 yìng "to respond": fitting and responding to conditions = to adapt. 适 has the motion radical 辶.

Related

习惯适合环境

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