accommodate
英 [əˈkɒm.ə.deɪt]
美 [əˈkɑː.mə.deɪt]
- vt. 容纳;使适应;供应;调解
- vi. 适应;调解
将“accommodate”拆分为“ac”+“com”+“mod”+“ate”。想象自己(ac)和朋友们(com)在一个房间里(mod),大家围坐在一起(ate),非常舒适和谐,这就是“ accommodative”,意为“提供便利、适应”。
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accommodate 招待前缀ac-同ad-. 前缀com-,强调。词根mod, 模式,合适。指使客人舒服的,招待好的。
- accommodate (v.)
- 1530s, from Latin accomodatus "suitable," past participle of accomodare "make fit, adapt, fit one thing to another," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + commodare "make fit," from commodus "fit" (see commode). Related: Accommodated; accommodating.
- 1. He has never put an arm around his wife to accommodate photographers.
- 他从未为了迎合摄影师而搂住妻子。
- 2. Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing cond-itions.
- 某些种类的动植物不能适应迅速变化的环境。
- 3. There is usually room to accommodate up to 80 visitors.
- 那里通常可以住得下80位来客。
- 4. The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes.
- 修建这些道路时考虑到了温度的逐渐变化。
- 5. She walked slowly to accommodate herself to his pace.
- 她走得很慢,以便与他保持一致的步伐。