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VERB
(有足夠的空間)容納,接納
If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
例句
The school in Poldown was not big enough to accommodate all the children...
波爾登的學校不夠大,容不下所有的孩子。
The CD-ROMs will accommodate the works of all English poets from 600 to 1900.
這些光盤能存下從公元600年到1900年所有英國詩人的作品。
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VERB
為…提供住宿
To accommodate someone means to provide them with a place to live or stay.
例句
...a hotel built to accommodate guests for the wedding of King Alfonso...
一家為接待前來參加阿方索國王婚禮的來賓而建的賓館
Students are accommodated in homes nearby.
學生被安置在附近的住家中。
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VERB
顧及;考慮到
If something is planned or changed to accommodate a particular situation, it is planned or changed so that it takes this situation into account.
例句
The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes...
修建這些道路時考慮到了溫度的逐漸變化。
The way that American history is taught may change in order to accommodate some more of those cultures.
美國歷史的授課方式可能會為了照顧到更多的文化而作改變。
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VERB
迎合;遷就
If you do something to accommodate someone, you do it with the main purpose of pleasing or satisfying them.
例句
He has never put an arm around his wife to accommodate photographers...
他從未為了迎合攝影師而摟住妻子。
He's already altered several of the proposals in his economic plan to accommodate demands of special interests.
他已經改動了經濟計劃中的幾項提議以遷就特殊利益集團的要求。
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VERB
(調整以)適應
If you accommodate to something new, you change your behaviour or ideas so that you are able to deal with it.
例句
Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing conditions...
某些種類的動植物不能適應迅速變化的環境。
She walked slowly to accommodate herself to his pace.
她走得很慢,以便與他保持一致的步伐。