There's a scientific word for this: phenotypic plasticity, the ability of an individual to change its traits to adapt to its environment.

套用一句科学术语叫“表型可塑性”，指的是生物能改变其特性，以适应其环境。

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We do it to provide business value to specific people, so we must adapt to this change.

我们的产品应该为特定的人提供商业上的价值，所以我们必须接受这种改 变。

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We believe this will be essential to inform sound decision-making on policies to mitigate and adapt to climate change up to Copenhagen and beyond.

我们相信我们的所作所为对于哥本哈根及今后制定明智政策用以减轻和适应气候变化都是十分必要的。

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But these papers have to adapt to this new reality and change, rather dramatically, how they do business.

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The United States will work with all nations that are part of this convention to adapt to the impacts of climate change, gain access to clean and more energy-efficient technologies, and promote sustainable forestry and agriculture.

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What this means is that a computer equipped with this type of material could change its own circuitry to adapt to whatever is needed at the time.

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