| 单词 | readjustment |
| 释义 | readjustment (once / 5200 pages) n If you have to make changes to something, you make a readjustment. You make readjustments all the time — like when you lower the bike seat for your little sister or set your clock forward for daylight saving time. The noun readjustment refers to the act of recalibrating something to match a standard. If you are a scientist, you may be constantly making readjustments to your instruments in order to obtain accurate data. If you're at home, you may have to make some readjustments to your television recording device. The clock is set wrong again and it keeps cutting off the end of your favorite shows, which is super annoying. WORD FAMILYreadjustment: readjustments+/adjust: adjustable, adjusted, adjuster, adjusting, adjustive, adjustment, adjusts, readjust/adjustable: adjustably, unadjustable/adjusted: unadjusted/adjuster: adjusters/adjustment: adjustments/readjust: readjusted, readjusting, readjustment, readjusts USAGE EXAMPLES“Trump’s call with President Tsai may signal a possible readjustment of the U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China respectively,” he said. Washington Post(Dec 12, 2016) She later apologized and said her brand was due for a “readjustment.” New York Times(Dec 03, 2016) “Thousands of workers in Ohio … continue to qualify for Trade Readjustment Act assistance because their jobs are being shipped overseas.” Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) 1n the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) Hyper accommodation, adjustment, fitting making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances 2n the act of adjusting something to match a standard Syn|Hypo|Hyper adjustment, registration alignment the act of adjusting or aligning the parts of a device in relation to each other collimationthe accurate adjustment of the line of sight of a telescope temperamentan adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys tune-upadjustments made to an engine to improve its performance synchronisation, synchronising, synchronization, synchronizingan adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison voicingthe act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and color equal temperamentthe division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones camberthe alignment of the wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the bottom than at the top toe-inthe alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back calibration, standardisation, standardization the act of checking or adjusting (by comparison with a standard) the accuracy of a measuring instrument |
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