| 单词 | accommodation |
| 释义 | accommodation (once / 571 pages) 1n 2n 3n Accommodation is all about making room — it can mean a room or place where you will stay or an agreement about sharing something. If the only accommodation at Grandma's is the bunk bed and you and your sis decide to take turns on the top, you've made an accommodation regarding your accommodations. When you are accommodating someone, you are making room for them or special circumstances for them. For example, the student with the broken hand was granted the accommodation of having a scribe write his answers for the test. Always remember that accommodation is an accommodating word — there's room inside for two m's and two c's. WORD FAMILYaccommodation: accommodational, accommodations+/accommodate: accommodated, accommodates, accommodating, accommodation, accommodative, accommodator/accommodating: accommodatingly, unaccommodating/accommodator: accommodators USAGE EXAMPLESIt may mean living in a place not ordinarily used for regular sleeping accommodations, like a vehicle, park, hotel or motel, or campground. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Another 40,000 live in shelters and other transitional accommodation, according to the department of housing and urban development. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) The accommodation provided was registered as a £37,100 donation in kind to Mr Cameron. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances Syn|Hypo|Hyper adjustment, fitting readjustment the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) domesticationaccommodation to domestic life habituationa general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions shakedowninitial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state advance, betterment, improvement a change for the better; progress in development 2n (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye Hyper adjustment, alteration, modification the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment) 3n in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality 2Hyper developmental learning learning that takes place as a normal part of cognitive development 1n the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need Hypo|Hyper service the performance of duties by a waiter or servant curb serviceservice provided to customers who remain in their vehicles self-servicethe practice of serving yourself (as in a grocery or cafeteria) valet parkinga service provided (at a club or restaurant or airport etc.) whereby a patron leaves a car at the entrance and an attendant parks and retrieves it aid, assist, assistance, help the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose 2n living quarters provided for public convenience 3overnight accommodations are available Hypo|Hyper cabin class, economy class, second class a class of accommodations on a ship or train or plane that are less expensive than first class accommodations first classthe most expensive accommodations on a ship or train or plane lodging house, rooming housea house where rooms are rented stablingaccommodation for animals (especially for horses) steeragethe cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship third class, tourist classinexpensive accommodations on a ship or train dosshouse, flophousea cheap lodging house living quarters, quarters housing available for people to live in n a settlement of differences they reached an accommodation with Japan Exp|Hypo|Hyper Missouri Compromise an agreement in 1820 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States concerning the extension of slavery into new territories modus vivendi a temporary accommodation of a disagreement between parties pending a permanent settlement compromisean accommodation in which both sides make concessions settlement a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。