1、lookout

瞭望台；观察所

Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp.

部队试图在难民营里设一个瞭望哨。

（尤指在船上）守望，警戒

He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.

他否认当晚守望不力。

密切留意；小心提防

Keep a lookout for a nasty little organization calling itself Defence Through Strength.

要警惕一个自称“实力防卫”的可恶组织。

Nature lovers will be on the lookout for eagles, cormorants, and the occasional whale.

自然爱好者要密切留意鹰、鸬鹚和偶尔出现的鲸鱼。

2、adapt

适应

The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change.

世界会变得不同，我们必须做好准备以适应其变化。

They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy.

他们不得不适应战时经济。

改编；改写

The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen.

编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。

The film has been adapted from a play of the same title.

电影改编自一部同名戏剧。

使适合，使适应（新用途或新情况）

Shelves were built to adapt the library for use as an office.

为将图书馆改作办公室而做了一些架子。