3325英語網 單詞
adjust的意思
adjust
英 [?'d??st]
美 [?'d??st]
- vt. 調整，使…適合；校準
- vi. 調整，校準；適應
助記提示
1、ad- "to" + just-.
2、字面含義為：arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing). 進而引申為：調整，調節，校正，使適應。
2、字面含義為：arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing). 進而引申為：調整，調節，校正，使適應。
中文詞源
adjust 調節
詞源略。俗詞源：前綴ad-, 去，往。just, 剛好的。
英文詞源
- adjust
- adjust: see just
- adjust (v.)
- late 14c., ajusten, "to correct, remedy;" reborrowed by c. 1600 in sense "arrange, settle, compose," from Middle French adjuster, Old French ajouter "to join" (12c.), from Late Latin adiuxtare "to bring near," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + iuxta "next," related to iungere "to join" (see jugular).
Influenced by folk etymology derivation from Latin iustus "just, equitable, fair." Meaning "to arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing)" is from 1660s. Insurance sense is from 1755. Meaning "to get used to" first recorded 1924. Related: Adjusted; adjusting.
雙語例句
- 1. Adjust the aerial's position and direction for the best reception.
- 調整天線的位置和方向以達到最佳接收效果。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Adjust the lighting so it is soft and restful.
- 調節燈光使其看上去既柔和又能給人帶來舒緩感。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society.
- 我們一直在培訓我們的戰士，以使他們適應普通的社會生活。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He stopped to try to adjust his vision to the faint starlight.
- 他停下腳步試著讓眼睛適應微弱的星光。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It was just a question of having the time to re-adjust.
- 這只是個需要時間重新適應的問題。
來自柯林斯例句