accommodate
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vt.
① 供應;給(某人)方便
accommodate a person with a thing
供給某人某物
② 留宿,容納(乘客等);收容(病患)
This hotel accommodates 2,000 guests
這家旅館可容納二千名客人
I can accommodate him for the night.
我可以留他過夜。
③ 使適應,使調和,使配合(=adapt)
accommodate a theory to the facts
使事實配合或遷就理論
④ 使和解;調解;調停
vi.
① 順應;適應,調節
Children accommodate easily to new circumstances.
兒童容易適應新環境。
短语
1.accommodate oneself to
① 使自己適應(新環境)
You will soon accommodate yourself to the new environment [circumstances].
你很快就會適應這新環境。
衍生说明
【字辨】
adapt: 指使某物或某人做些微的改變,以適應新的需要
adapt oneself to a new job
adjust: 指藉正當的判斷或熟練的技術使某兩者相配合
adjust differences of opinion
accommodate: 指藉妥協或讓步使與他者之間的關係相調和
accommodate one's desires to one's income
conform: 指符合或順從某種準則、規矩、方針、風俗等
conform to the usual ways
adapt: 指使某物或某人做些微的改變,以適應新的需要
adapt oneself to a new job
adjust: 指藉正當的判斷或熟練的技術使某兩者相配合
adjust differences of opinion
accommodate: 指藉妥協或讓步使與他者之間的關係相調和
accommodate one's desires to one's income
conform: 指符合或順從某種準則、規矩、方針、風俗等
conform to the usual ways
【字辨】
contain: 表示其中包含有某成分或部分
The building contains two restaurants and twenty offices.
hold: 指能夠容納、盛、裝,或有足夠的容量;常可與contain互用
This elevator holds nine persons.
accommodate: 指建築物、設施等舒適地容納
The hotel accommodates sixty people.
contain: 表示其中包含有某成分或部分
The building contains two restaurants and twenty offices.
hold: 指能夠容納、盛、裝,或有足夠的容量;常可與contain互用
This elevator holds nine persons.
accommodate: 指建築物、設施等舒適地容納
The hotel accommodates sixty people.
