adjust

【发音】

美 /ə'dʒʌst/ 英 /ə'dʒʌst/

【翻译】

1. vi. 适应

   英释:to gradually become familiar with a new situation

2. vt.调整，调节；校正

   英释:to change or move something slightly to improve it or make it more suitable for a particular purpose

【记忆】

ad ＋ just(正确的) → 使正确 → 调节； 校正

【短语】

1. adjust and control : 调控

2. adjust price : 调整价格

【例句】

1. They’ll soon settle in – kids are very good at adjusting.

   他们很快就会习惯的——小孩子适应能力很强。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...The great majority of smartphone users don' t take the trouble to adjust their settings to suit their own purposes...

2. (2017.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...Google and Apple have made it far too difficult to adjust these settings so it's up to us to take steps ensure we set these triggers to suit our own needs...

3. (2015.12 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...just perceiving norms is enough to cause people to adjust their behaviour in the direction of the crowd...

4. (2012.6 • CET6 • • 听力题)...having a white roommate helps academically prepared black students adjust to a predominantly white university...

【同、近义词】

1. vt.调整，使…适合；校准

   regulate/coordinate/frame/restructure/

2. vi.调整，校准；适应

   correct/adapt to something/

【同根词】

1. adj

   adjustable : 可调节的

   adjusted : 调整过的，调节了的

   adjustive : 调节的；调整的

2. n

   adjustment : 调整，调节；调节器

   adjuster : [自] 调节器；调停者；（保险等）理算员

   adjustability : 适应性

   adjustor : 调节器；调停者

3. v

   adjusted : 调整；校正（adjust的过去分词）