adapt:动词,意为"适应;调整";
oneself:反身代词(需根据主语人称变化,如myself/yourself/himself/herself/itself/ourselves/yourselves/themselves),用于强调"自身主动适应"。
该短语的结构为:主语 + adapt + 反身代词 + to + 宾语(宾语可以是名词、代词或动名词)。
反身代词需与主语保持一致,例如:
I → myself(我自己)
You(单数)→ yourself(你自己)
He/She/It → himself/herself/itself(他/她/它自己)
We → ourselves(我们自己)
You(复数)→ yourselves(你们自己)
They → themselves(他们自己)
"to"是介词,后面需接名词、代词或动名词(doing),不能接动词原形。
通过具体场景理解用法:
1、 适应新环境:
He quickly adapted himself to the new school life.(他很快适应了新的学校生活。)
(主语he对应反身代词himself,宾语是"new school life"(名词)。)
2、 适应变化:
We need to adapt ourselves to the changes in the market.(我们需要适应市场的变化。)
(主语we对应反身代词ourselves,宾语是"changes in the market"(名词短语)。)
3、 适应异地生活:
She found it hard to adapt herself to living abroad at first.(一开始她觉得很难适应国外生活。)
("living abroad"是动名词短语,作介词to的宾语。)
4、 适应新节奏:
You should adapt yourself to the fast pace of the city.(你应该适应城市的快节奏。)
(主语you(单数)对应反身代词yourself,宾语是"fast pace of the city"(名词短语)。)
可省略"oneself"吗?
可以!当不需要特别强调"主动调整自己"时,可简化为 "adapt to"(含义不变,但更简洁)。例如:
He quickly adapted to the new school life.(他很快适应了新的学校生活。)
(省略himself,语气更自然,适用于日常语境。)
常见错误提醒:
介词"to"后不能接动词原形,需用动名词(doing)。例如:
❌ He tried to adapt himself to live in the countryside.(错误)
✅ He tried to adapt himself to living in the countryside.(正确)