
adjust基本信息
读法:英 [ə"dʒʌst] 美 [ə"dʒʌst]
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英英释义
Verb:
"correct the alignment of the front wheels"
"align the sheets of paper on the table"
中英词源
adjust 调节
词源略。俗词源:前缀ad-, 去,往。just, 刚好的。
- adjust
- adjust: see just
- adjust (v.)
- late 14c., ajusten, "to correct, remedy;" reborrowed by c. 1600 in sense "arrange, settle, compose," from Middle French adjuster, Old French ajouter "to join" (12c.), from Late Latin adiuxtare "to bring near," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + iuxta "next," related to iungere "to join" (see jugular).
Influenced by folk etymology derivation from Latin iustus "just, equitable, fair." Meaning "to arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing)" is from 1660s. Insurance sense is from 1755. Meaning "to get used to" first recorded 1924. Related: Adjusted; adjusting.
词态变化
第三人称单数 adjusts;
过去式 adjusted;
过去分词 adjusted;
现在分词 adjusting;
权威造句
- 1. Adjust the aerial"s position and direction for the best reception.
- 调整天线的位置和方向以达到最佳接收效果。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Adjust the lighting so it is soft and restful.
- 调节灯光使其看上去既柔和又能给人带来舒缓感。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society.
- 我们一直在培训我们的战士,以使他们适应普通的社会生活。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He stopped to try to adjust his vision to the faint starlight.
- 他停下脚步试着让眼睛适应微弱的星光。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. It was just a question of having the time to re-adjust.
- 这只是个需要时间重新适应的问题。
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近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些动词均有“使适合,适应”之意。adapt指人或物在原有情况下作某些改变以适应新的环境或不同的条件,强调改变的目的和重要性。
adjust与adapt含义很接近,但adjust所改变的幅度要小一些,侧重过程,主要用于调整角度、高度、光点等。
conform多指与某模式或规则相符,也引申指改变习惯等以适应新的环境。
accommodate书面用词,指以外部条件标准改变自己或某事以求得适应,着重改变或调节的有利。
suit指适合要求,从而使人满意愉快。
fit含义广,指人或物适合或适应某一目的或用途。
记忆方法
1、ad- "to" + just-.
2、字面含义为:arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing). 进而引申为:调整,调节,校正,使适应。
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