Accommodate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 与...一致, 提供食宿
• [英] 与...一致（to make fit,suitable, or congruous）, 提供食宿(to make room for)
• ［记］ ac+commod ( 方便) +ate -> 给人方便 -> 提供食宿) ;
• ［同］ 派生词: accommodation ( n. 住宿) 同根词: commodity ( 商品) , commodious ( 宽敞的)

Webster Collegiate

verb (-dated; -dating)

• Etymology: Latin accommodatus, past participle of accommodare, from ad- + commodare to make fit, from commodus suitable — more at commode
• Date: 1550
• transitive verb
  • 1. to make fit, suitable, or congruous
  • 2. to bring into agreement or concord ; reconcile
  • 3. to provide with something desired, needed, or suited (as a helpful service, a loan, or lodgings)
  • 4.
    • a. to make room for
    • b. to hold without crowding or inconvenience
  • 5. to give consideration to ; allow for accommodate the special interests of various groups
• intransitive verb
  • to adapt oneself; also to undergo visual accommodation
• Synonyms: see adapt, contain
• • accommodative adjective
• • accommodativeness noun
• • accommodator noun

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