| 正面 | 2315.adjust 英 [ə'dʒʌst]美 [ə'dʒʌst] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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| 背面 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 释义: 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。vt. 调整,使…适合;校准vi. 调整,校准;适应 例句: 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。 adjust 调节词源略。俗词源:前缀ad-, 去,往。just, 刚好的。 adjustadjust: see justadjust (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." |
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