| 单词 | adjustment |
| 释义 | adjustment (ədʒʌstmənt ) Word forms: adjustments 1. countable noun An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something. Compensation could be made by adjustments to taxation. [+ to] Investment is up by 5.7% after adjustment for inflation. [+ for] ...a technician made an adjustment to a smoke machine at the back of the auditorium. Synonyms: alteration, setting, change, ordering 2. countable noun An adjustment is a change in a person's behaviour or thinking. He will have to make major adjustments to his thinking if he is to survive in office. [+ to] Collocations: adjustment mechanism By ruling out the option of devaluation for uncompetitive economies, it has removed an essential adjustment mechanism. Times, Sunday Times It has removed an essential adjustment mechanism, the exchange rate, from uncompetitive national economies. Times, Sunday Times There are four steps in the basic adjustment mechanism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Second, the neo classical adjustment mechanism depends on the flexibility of factor prices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Investigation found that the pilots had forgotten to disengage a critical wing adjustment mechanism prior to take-off. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There will be an adjustment period, but you won't look back. The Sun We enjoyed a honeymoon of sorts, without the typical adjustment period. Christianity Today During a five-day adjustment period they will be able to look for a course that they consider superior to their original choice. Times, Sunday Times We should accept that we are only midway through a necessary adjustment period of slow growth. Times, Sunday Times We will all manage this 'adjustment period' in different ways depending on our personal belief systems, coping mechanisms and sense of self. Times, Sunday Times They also approved a plan that focused on providing services to adolescent youth with emotional or social adjustment problems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was also a belief that education was responsible for some social problems and for the general academic, behavioral, and adjustment problems of some students. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Next were externalizing behavior problems, comprehensive psychological evaluation, pre-surgery or transplant evaluation, and adjustment problems to chronic illness. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many studies have found that an individual without close peer relationships are at a higher risk for emotional adjustment problems currently and later in life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In females, adjustment problems are more often manifested as internalizing problems, rather than the externalizing problems common among their male peers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Other frames allow the adjustment of the height of the bar bed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These motors allow the adjustment of the rotating speed via a potentiometer mounted on a control panel near the motor. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Many modern multi-featured transmitters allow the adjustment of many different parameters. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Systems allow the adjustment between two gauges. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Again, that analysis was applicable to civil and family cases, with appropriate adjustment to the standard of proof. Times,Sunday Times The same principle applies in secondary school, with appropriate adjustments. Times, Sunday Times Technically, appropriate adjustments were made. Times, Sunday Times It requires an attitude adjustment; learning to cope with disappointments and defeat, finding more authentic values. Times, Sunday Times An attitude adjustment was required. Times, Sunday Times Three main pathways to explain this trend have been offered: placebo effect, focus and attitude adjustment, and activation of healing processes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He explains the spell of attitude adjustment, which makes villains give up evil and become honest citizens. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Making the move didn't require any cultural adjustment. Times, Sunday Times This puts the burden of cultural adjustment on the colonized. Christianity Today Instead of restarting the dance we would do better to give more sober and realistic thought to the economic and cultural adjustments we must all make. Times, Sunday Times Or could it be that there are enough, but not enough are willing to make the cultural adjustments necessary to minister in an obscure rural town? Christianity Today That must have been a difficult adjustment for the players. Times, Sunday Times Despite the difficult adjustment, most of the refugees say they are willing to do whatever it takes to live in a country that outlaws discrimination. Globe and Mail Perhaps, the most difficult adjustment for some to a bland diet may involve meats and proteins. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But prices are 'overvalued' and 'at risk of an abrupt downward adjustment'. Times, Sunday Times Yesterday will produce a further downward adjustment in his reputation, particularly for plain dealing. Times, Sunday Times Accounts reveal the payout was hit by a 'discretionary downward adjustment' of 20 per cent. The Sun Inventories also were revised higher, helping to offset downward adjustments to export growth as weakness abroad took its toll. Times, Sunday Times The euro area economies have still to go through a difficult economic adjustment and achieve 'rebalancing'. Times, Sunday Times Even with a yes, the country faces years, if not decades, of painful economic adjustment before it can dig its way out of a mountain of debt. Times, Sunday Times Rather, the burden of economic adjustment should be borne in part by the government. Times, Sunday Times These provisions include a special import quota, a limited global import quota, and an economic adjustment assistance payment to users of upland cotton. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In some cases, non-transactional methods may be more reliable than transactional methods because market and economic adjustments to transactions may not be reliable. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They began without warning after the interval, while the house lights were fully up and technicians were still wandering around in the fog making final adjustments to the equipment. Times, Sunday Times He carves some final adjustments to balance the forehead and smooths the face back over it. Times, Sunday Times The vehicles were handed over to the customers after final adjustments. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the winter the engineers had made final adjustments to the plans. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As required, the final adjustments before suturing the skin closed, might include either micro-liposuction or additional de-epithelialization. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bank said that it as a 'one-off depreciation', but many analysts expect to see gradual adjustment over the weeks to come. Times, Sunday Times By starting a gradual adjustment of monetary policy, we can reduce the risk of a sharper and more abrupt rise in interest rates later on. Times, Sunday Times No gradual adjustment has been possible for motorists. Times, Sunday Times This led to the gradual adjustment of his game as he advanced in his career, showing superior playmaking abilities from passing out of multiple defenders at the post. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One possibility was 'big changes in exchange rates which led to gradual adjustments of imbalances'. Times, Sunday Times The driver's seat has a degree of height adjustment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The car was said to feature one of the most extreme rear diffusers seen and also a ride height adjustment system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The device may permit horizontal displacement, known as tilt adjustment, and/or vertical displacement, known as height adjustment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was fitted with not one, but two ratchets and by judicious use of both you could actually have exceedingly limited horizontal height adjustment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For more radical height adjustment the rear wheel can also be adjusted. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Allows an inflation adjustment to credit and phaseout amounts for taxable years beginning after 2018. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The inflation adjustment may change as recent inflation rates are often revised. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This number results from a 7% decrease in physician payments times a 2.8% inflation adjustment increase. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The bill would allow an inflation adjustment to the dollar amounts of the expensing allowance for taxable years beginning after 2014. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This was mainly financed by the issuance in 2008 of $165.4 million in inflation-linked real return bonds, paying 3.17% plus inflation adjustment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two years that ensued would require tireless hours of counseling, doctor visits, medication tweaks and lifestyle adjustments to get us restored and moving forward again. Christianity Today Lifestyle adjustments and supportive measures are often used, including peer support, self-help and supported housing or employment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Diet and lifestyle adjustments are also ineffective. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The financial markets are going through a major adjustment. Times, Sunday Times If he wants to win over the rest of the world, however, he'll have to make some major adjustments to his live show. Times, Sunday Times A campaign of inoculation against measles can be conducted without involving any other major adjustments to public administration. Times, Sunday Times A few critics, however, continued to focus on my previous imbalance and failed to see the major adjustments that had been made. Christianity Today We've now had to make major adjustments to our spending and are relying only on his income. The Sun That should make the adjustment that bit easier. Times, Sunday Times Then you have to make the adjustment to normal, nastier, uglier real life. Times, Sunday Times I was able to make that adjustment because of the lean of the ball. Times, Sunday Times Those who must find nature in parks and on urban commons can still make the adjustment and start to notice the smaller things in life. Times,Sunday Times Most people can't make that adjustment. Times,Sunday Times You can always make minor adjustments later ST (2097) They proposed only minor adjustments or additions, not wholesale change. Times, Sunday Times (2012) For that reason, it is always worth having minor adjustments carried out by a tailor to improve the fit. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It's also worth keeping a food diary, so your GP can see what you're eating and help you make any necessary adjustments. The Sun (2013) He can make necessary adjustments to Barcelona's game to plug the holes so strikingly exposed by Bayern. The Sun (2013) This ensures that all investments will be continuously monitored, and that necessary adjustments are made. Christianity Today (2000) While larger chains go through painful adjustment, independent businesses on suburban high streets benefit from higher footfall. Times,Sunday Times The boom in the housing and credit markets has made painful adjustment inevitable. Times, Sunday Times One of the stories of the recession has been about the need for the private sector to undergo a painful adjustment process. Times, Sunday Times It has been a painful adjustment and one we knew was coming but it has happened quite quickly. Times, Sunday Times The pincers on our wallets will provoke a painful adjustment, made worse by the coincidence of a high oil price, itself a contributing factor in the rising farm gate prices. Times, Sunday Times For example, reasonable adjustments should be made for any employee who could be considered to have a disability. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The best companies make reasonable adjustments to the cancer survivors' working lives to help them to cope. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He claimed that the force failed to make reasonable adjustments, particularly in the processes for deciding whether he might be promoted to superintendent. Times, Sunday Times (2007) A slight adjustment made the whole thing more interesting. Times, Sunday Times Out on the road and with a slight adjustment to the settings, the 675 still excelled. The Sun Runs were scored here on the back of slight adjustment to his technique, moving more smoothly into the line of the ball with a less exaggerated leap across his crease. Times, Sunday Times It was only a slight adjustment, but they tried to do it well. Times, Sunday Times Every time they're predicting in a way that didn't work, they're making a slight adjustment. Times, Sunday Times Some continue to exist although many were closed down at the time of the introduction of structural adjustment measures in the 1990s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a result, structural adjustment was difficult because workers in the declining sectors fought to maintain their previous living standards. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Opponents of debt cancellation suggested that structural adjustment policies should be continued. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He led several structural adjustment programmes and ease for poverty reduction. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such agreements have also aimed to reduce the risk of reversion towards protectionism, locking in reforms already made and encouraging further structural adjustment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, a subtle adjustment may be all you need to make a big difference. Christianity Today I make a subtle adjustment to mine: you can only be so non-conformist. Times, Sunday Times With every film repeating the same basic premise, the filmmakers came up with subtle adjustments so the audience would return. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each time the patient uses the prosthetic system, the brain could automatically make subtle adjustments to the input signal recorded by the system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 调节 Japanese: 調整 |
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