accommodate
[ə'kɔmədeit]
vt.供给住宿, 使适应, 容纳, 提供, 顾及, 调解
vi.适应, 调节
例句与用法:
The bank is accommodating its customers more than it used to.
这家银行现在给客户贷款比以前多了。
The cottage could accommodate up to five people.
这间小屋最多能容纳5个人。
词形变化:
形容词: accommodative | 名词: accommoda-tiveness | 动词过去式: accommodated | 动词过去分词: accommodated | 动词现在分词: accommodating | 动词第三人称单数: accommodates |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 能容纳; 能提供……膳宿
The hotel can accommodate 500 tourists.
这家旅馆可住五百名观光客。
2. (飞机等)可搭载
3. 使适应; 使相符[(+to)]
You will have to accommodate yourself to the changed situation.
你必须适应变化了的形势。
4. 给……方便; 通融
The policeman accommodated us when we asked for help.
我们请求警察帮忙, 他爽快地答应了。
5. 向……提供[(+with)]
The bank will accommodate him with a loan.
银行将向他提供一笔贷款。
6. 调和, 使和解
7. 照顾到, 考虑到