This flashcard teaches the various meanings of the verb "accommodate," which include making space for people or things, providing lodging, considering or accounting for something, and adjusting to new circumstances.
This flashcard teaches the various meanings of the verb "accommodate," which include making space for people or things, providing lodging, considering or accounting for something, and adjusting to new circumstances.
[VERB 动词]（有足够的空间）容纳，接纳 If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
[V n]
[no cont]
The school in Poldown was not big enough to accommodate all the children...
波尔登的学校不够大，容不下所有的孩子。
The CD-ROMs will accommodate the works of all English poets from 600 to 1900.
这些光盘能存下从公元600年到1900年所有英国诗人的作品。
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[VERB 动词]为…提供住宿 To accommodate someone means to provide them with a place to live or stay.
[V n]
[be V-ed prep/adv]
...a hotel built to accommodate guests for the wedding of King Alfonso...
一家为接待前来参加阿方索国王婚礼的来宾而建的宾馆
Students are accommodated in homes nearby.
学生被安置在附近的住家中。
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[VERB 动词]顾及；考虑到 If something is planned or changed to accommodate a particular situation, it is planned or changed so that it takes this situation into account.
[V n]
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。
The way that American history is taught may change in order to accommodate some more of those cultures.
美国历史的授课方式可能会为了照顾到更多的文化而作改变。
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[VERB 动词]迎合；迁就 If you do something to accommodate someone, you do it with the main purpose of pleasing or satisfying them.
[V n]
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。
He's already altered several of the proposals in his economic plan to accommodate demands of special interests.
他已经改动了经济计划中的几项提议以迁就特殊利益集团的要求。
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[VERB 动词]（调整以）适应 If you accommodate to something new, you change your behaviour or ideas so that you are able to deal with it.
[V to n]
[V pron-refl to n]
[FORMAL 正式]
Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing conditions...
某些种类的动植物不能适应迅速变化的环境。
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。
Oxford
ac·com·mo·dateAWL/əˈkɒmədeɪt; NAmEəˈkɑːmədeɪt/verb1[transitive ]accommodatesb to provide sb with a room or place to sleep, live or sit 提供住宿（或膳宿、座位等）◆The hotel can accommodate up to 500 guests.这家旅馆可供 500 位旅客住宿。2[transitive ]accommodatesb/sth to provide enough space for sb/sth 容纳；提供空间◆Over 70 minutes of music can be accommodated on one CD.一张激光唱片可以容纳 70 多分钟的音乐。3[transitive ]accommodatesth ( formal) to consider sth, such as sb's opinion or a fact, and be influenced by it when you are deciding what to do or explaining sth 考虑到；顾及◆Our proposal tries to accommodate the special needs of minority groups.我们的提案尽量照顾到少数群体的特殊需要。4[transitive ]accommodatesb (with sth) ( formal) to help sb by doing what they want 帮忙；给…提供方便SYN
oblige
◆I have accommodated the press a great deal, giving numerous interviews.我多次接受采访，已给了报界许多方便。5[intransitive , transitive ]accommodate(sth/yourself) to sth ( formal) to change your behaviour so that you can deal with a new situation better 顺应，适应（新情况）◆I needed to accommodate to the new schedule.我需要适应新的时间表。accommodateaccommodatesaccommodatedaccommodatingac·com·mo·date/əˈkɒmədeɪt; NAmEəˈkɑːmədeɪt/
1[transitive] if a room, building etc can accommodate a particular number of people or things, it has enough space for them: He bought a huge house to accommodate his library. The ballroom can accommodate 400 people.2[transitive] to provide someone with a place to stay, live, or work: The island was used to accommodate child refugees.3[transitive] to accept someone’s opinions and try to do what they want, especially when their opinions or needs are different from yours: We’ve made every effort to accommodate your point of view.4[intransitive] to get used to a new situation or to make yourself do thisaccommodate to Her eyes took a while to accommodate to the darkness.