1·Selective adaptations over time are one thing.
随着时间的推移，选择性适应是一回事。
2·These adaptations served their descendant well as they invaded land.
这些适应机制在它们的后代进化成陆生生物时起了很好的协助作用。
3·Accomplishing this feat requires adaptations both to generate heat in the turtle's body and to keep it from escaping into the surrounding waters.
完成这一壮举需要适应，既要在龟体内产生热量，又要防止它逃入周围的水域。
4·The resulting adaptations to dry land include some structural features that arose early in plant evolution; now these features are common to virtually all land plant.
由此产生的对干燥陆地的适应包括一些在植物进化早期就出现的结构特征；现在这些特征对于几乎所有陆地植物来说都是很常见的。
5·Local adaptations and evolution over long periods of isolation promoted fascinating species adaptations to local conditions.
在长时间的隔离状态下，地方适应性和进化促进了绝佳的物种适应当地的环境。
1·They're paying you ten grand now for those adaptations of old plays.
他们现在要付你1万美元作为那些老剧目的改编费用。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·At the recent Kapow convention, he confirmed that the new run will be comprised of adaptations of 'a Scandal in Bohemia', 'the Hound of the Baskervilles' and' the Final Problem '.
在最近的新闻发布会上，他证实了全新的一季将以《巴斯克维尔猎犬》、《波西米亚丑闻》和《最后一案》为题材改编。
3·Other screenwriters focus on adaptations, which are screenplays based on existing stories.
有些编剧专注于改编，也就是根据业已存在的故事撰写剧本。
4·The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by ScienceDaily staff) from materials provided by American Chemical Society, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.
上述内容资料由美国化学协会(acs)提供，原载美国科学促进会(AAAS)主办的“EurekAlert ！，”网站，已由《科学日报》改编整理。
5·There are ‘sensible’, true adaptations (Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V), funky updated versions (10 Things I Hate About You), and more experimental interpretations.
需要“合情理的”、真实的改编（肯尼思·布莱纳格的《亨利五世》），符合当下潮流的形式（《我恨你的十件事》），和更多的实验性的表演。