adapter

アダプター、変換器

プラグや接続部分の異なる機器をつないで使えるようにする器具。

やさしい英語で： A device that lets equipment with different plugs or connections work together.

• I need a travel adapter.
• This adapter connects my laptop to the screen.
• Do these adapters work with European sockets?

使い方： adapter for something (I need an adapter for this plug.)

類義語： converter

よく使う表現： travel adapter, power adapter, adapter for something, network adapter

適応力のある人

新しい状況に合わせて、自分を柔軟に変えられる人。

やさしい英語で： A person who changes easily to suit new situations.

• She is a quick adapter.
• Successful adapters learn from unfamiliar situations.
• He proved an able adapter to life abroad.

使い方： adapter to something (She is a quick adapter to new conditions.)

よく使う表現： quick adapter, successful adapter, adapter to change

翻案者、脚色者

本や劇を、別の形式や舞台設定に合うように作り直す人。

やさしい英語で： A person who changes a book or play so it works in another form or setting.

• The adapter shortened the play.
• She worked as an adapter of novels for television.
• The adapters kept the story but changed its setting.

使い方： adapter of something (She is the adapter of the new stage version.)

よく使う表現： adapter of novels, skilled adapter, stage adapter