Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
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vi. 适应于，适应不同情况（或环境）(to);
vt. 改编，改写;改变…以适合(for);
💡 ad做…，加强…+apt适应→有适应能力→适应
"We must constantly adapt and innovate to ensure success in a growing market."
我们必须不时地适应并创新，以确保在不断扩大的市场中取得成功。
近义：accustom, condition, mold, mould, normalize, prepare
反义：impair, jumble, mess, muss, overset, overturn
vi. 死亡，丧生;毁灭;腐烂，枯萎;老化;
vt. 使麻木;使毁坏;
💡 per(throughly)+ish(to go)→死；毁灭
"Crowns and thrones may perish."
王权不会永存.
近义：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire
反义：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive
n. 自然;天性;天理;类型;
💡 nat出生的+ure状态→出生状态→天性
"the adversarial nature of the two-party system"
两党制的对抗性
近义：milieu, surroundings, circumambiency, medium, ecosystem, environment
adj. 无情的，铁面无私的;不可动摇的，不屈不挠的;不能变更的;不可阻挡的;
💡 in不+ex出+or=ora嘴，说+able能...的→不能说出来的→说不动的；无情的
"the inexorable rise of crime"
阻遏不了的犯罪趋势
近义：inflexible, relentless, remorseless, steadfast, unbending, unshakable
反义：lenient, pious, pitying, prayerful, saintly, softhearted
adj. 必要的，不可避免的;命令的，专横的;势在必行的;[语]祈使的;
n. 必要的事;命令;规则;[语]祈使语气;
💡 imper统治，指挥+ative...的 → 跟统治相似的 → 命令的，强制的
"But the economic imperative is clear."
但是经济规则一目了然。
近义：momentous, pressing, burning, crucial, imperious, jussive
反义：idle, immaterial, inane, inconsequential, inconsiderable, ineffective