1.Adapt sth to/Adapt sth for 使适应,使适合(新用途、新情况)
例句：When you go to a new country, you must adapt yourself to new manners and customs.
当你新到一个国家时，你必须使自己适应新的风俗习惯。

2.Apacity (for sth/for doing sth)/(to do sth) 领悟(或理解、办事)能力
例句：Have an enormous capacity for hard work.
特别能吃苦耐劳。
capacity for doing 的能力
capacity to enjoy life 享受生活乐趣的能力
intellectual capacity 智能
Capitalize on/upon 充分利用；从…中获得更多的好处
3.Be in place 准备就绪
例句：As part of the information assurance policy, confidentiality, integrity and availability must be in place.
作为信息保证政策的一部分，必须具有机密性、完整性，及可用性。

4.Poised for sth/to do sth 有充分准备；准备好；蓄势待发
例句：Despite their shipments slowing down in the first quarter of 2009, inexpensive and low-powered netbooks are poised for rapid growth as their feature sets continue to mature.
尽管2009年一季度的上网本出货在放缓，便宜、低耗的上网本在快速成长中依然泰然自若，其功能集仍在不断成熟。

5.a tight schedule 安排得很紧
on schedule 如期
ahead of schedule 提前
fall behind schedule 晚了工期
a train schedule 列车时刻表
school schedule 课程表
例句：A tight schedule means we can't delay any longer.
一张紧凑的时间表表明我们不能再耽搁。