maladaptive
/ˌmæl.əˈdæp.tɪv/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌmæl.əˈdæp.tɪv/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌma-lə-ˈdap-tiv/ (ame, mw)
maladaptive — 形容詞
- maladaptivepositive
- more maladaptivecomparative
- most maladaptivesuperlative
1. describes a way of thinking, feeling, or behaving that fails to help a person ha
適應不良的
處理壓力或變化的方式反而讓情況更糟
describes a way of thinking, feeling, or behaving that fails to help a person handle stress or change, and often makes their situation worse in the long run.
Yael's therapist explained that drinking every night was a maladaptive way of dealing with grief.
Yael 的心理師向她解釋，每晚喝酒是一種適應不良的處理悲傷方式。
collocation: a maladaptive way of dealing with [problem]
Reema realised that avoiding her boss after every mistake had become a maladaptive coping pattern.
Reema 發現，每次犯錯就躲開主管，已經變成一種適應不良的應對模式。
collocation: maladaptive coping pattern
Skipping meals before exams turned out to be a maladaptive response to anxiety for Andrés.
對 Andrés 來說，考試前不吃飯後來證明是一種適應不良的焦慮反應。
Children who grow up in chaotic homes sometimes learn maladaptive behaviours that follow them into adulthood.
在混亂家庭中長大的孩子，有時會學到適應不良的行為，並一直延續到成年。
The school counsellor noticed that constant lying had become a maladaptive habit for Selim.
輔導老師注意到，不斷說謊已經成為 Selim 的一種適應不良的習慣。
- dysfunctional
broader; can describe families, systems, or behaviours that don't work as intended
- self-defeating
everyday register; emphasises that the behaviour undermines the person's own goals
- counterproductive
general; the action works against the result the person wants, without the clinical tone
文法句型
maladaptive + noun (behaviour, response, pattern, coping)
用法筆記
Subject is usually a behaviour, habit, response, pattern, or strategy — not a person directly. Common in clinical and self-help writing; in everyday speech most people say 'unhealthy' or 'self-defeating' instead.
常見錯誤
2. in biology, used of a feature of an animal or plant that lowers its chances of s
不利存活的
讓生物在其環境中存活或繁殖的機會降低
in biology, used of a feature of an animal or plant that lowers its chances of surviving or producing young in the environment it lives in.
The biology professor showed Folake how the moth's bright wings had become a maladaptive trait after the forest was cleared.
生物學教授向 Folake 說明，森林被砍伐後，那種蛾鮮豔的翅膀變成了不利存活的特徵。
collocation: maladaptive trait
On the island, the birds' loss of flight proved maladaptive once rats arrived and began eating their eggs.
在這座島上，鳥類失去飛行能力的特徵，在老鼠抵達並開始吃牠們的蛋之後，證實為不利存活的。
predicative use: prove / become maladaptive
Élise's research showed that the fish's bright colour was maladaptive in waters where new predators had appeared.
Élise 的研究顯示，在新掠食者出現的水域中，那種魚鮮豔的顏色是不利存活的。
What once helped the species survive can become a maladaptive feature when the climate shifts quickly.
氣候快速改變時，曾經幫助物種生存的特徵，可能會變成一項不利存活的特徵。
Christopher argued in his paper that the lizard's long tail had become maladaptive in the drier southern habitat.
Christopher 在他的論文中主張，那種蜥蜴的長尾巴在較乾燥的南方棲地已經變得不利存活。
- disadvantageous
more general; emphasises that the trait reduces fitness without the evolutionary framing
- deleterious
scientific register; often used of mutations specifically
- adaptive
the standard pair-word in evolutionary biology
- advantageous
general; a trait that improves survival or reproduction
文法句型
maladaptive + noun (trait, mutation, feature)
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense applies only to inherited biological features (traits, mutations, anatomy), not to human choices or habits. A trait becomes maladaptive when the environment changes around it.