Accommodation

[əkɒmə'deɪʃ(ə)n] or [ə,kɑmə'deʃən]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye.

(noun.) the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need.

(noun.) living quarters provided for public convenience; 'overnight accommodations are available'.

(noun.) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality.

(noun.) a settlement of differences; 'they reached an accommodation with Japan'.

整理:玛丽斯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; -- followed by to.

(n.) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.

(n.) Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; -- often in the plural; as, the accommodations -- that is, lodgings and food -- at an inn.

(n.) An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.

(n.) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.

(n.) A loan of money.

(n.) An accommodation bill or note.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Advantage, privilege, convenience, EASEMENT, supply of wants, provision of conveniences.[2]. Agreement, adaptation, fitness, suitableness, conformity.[3]. Reconciliation, adjustment, pacification, settlement.

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