单词 | accommodate |
释义 | accommodateaccommodate /əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/ ●○○ AWL verb 1[transitive] to have or provide enough space for a particular number of people or things: The hotel can only accommodate 200 people. He bought a huge house to accommodate his library.2[transitive] to accept someone’s opinions or needs, and try to do what he or she wants, especially when his or her opinions or needs are different from yours: We generally try to accommodate employees’ requests for transfers.3[transitive] to give someone a place to stay, live, or work: Twenty cabins on the ship are designed to accommodate disabled passengers.4[intransitive, transitive] formal to get used to a new situation, or make yourself do this: Her eyes took a while to accommodate to the darkness. [Origin: 1500–1600 Latin, past participle of accommodare, from ad- to + commodare to make fit, from commodus suitable] |
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