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accommodate

verb
 
🔊/əˈkɒmədeɪt/
🔊/əˈkɑːmədeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they accommodate
🔊/əˈkɒmədeɪt/
🔊/əˈkɑːmədeɪt/
he / she / it accommodates
🔊/əˈkɒmədeɪts/
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past simple accommodated
🔊/əˈkɒmədeɪtɪd/
🔊/əˈkɑːmədeɪtɪd/
past participle accommodated
🔊/əˈkɒmədeɪtɪd/
🔊/əˈkɑːmədeɪtɪd/
-ing form accommodating
🔊/əˈkɒmədeɪtɪŋ/
🔊/əˈkɑːmədeɪtɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [transitive] accommodate somebody to provide somebody with a room or place to sleep, live or sit提供住宿（或膳宿、座位等）
    • The hotel can accommodate up to 500 guests.这家旅馆可供 500 位旅客住宿。🔊🔊
    • The aircraft is capable of accommodating 28 passengers.该飞机可容纳28位乘客。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • comfortably
    • easily
    • readily
    • …
    verb + accommodate
    • be able to
    • can
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  2.  
    [transitive] accommodate somebody/something to provide enough space for somebody/something容纳；提供空间
    • The garage can accommodate three cars.这个车库可以停放 3 辆轿车。
    • The old town hall now accommodates a Folk Museum.现在，旧市政厅设有民俗博物馆。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • comfortably
    • easily
    • readily
    • …
    verb + accommodate
    • be able to
    • can
    See full entry
  3.  
    [transitive] accommodate something (formal) to consider something such as somebody’s opinion or a fact and be influenced by it when you are deciding what to do or explaining something考虑到；顾及
    • Our proposal tries to accommodate the special needs of minority groups.我们的提案尽量照顾到少数群体的特殊需要。🔊🔊
    • She modified her views so as to accommodate the objections of American feminists.她修改了自己的观点，以适应美国女权主义者的反对。
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  4. [transitive] accommodate somebody (with something) (formal) to help somebody by doing what they want帮忙；给…提供方便 synonym oblige
    • I have accommodated the press a great deal, giving numerous interviews.我多次接受采访，已给了报界许多方便。🔊🔊
    • I’m sure the bank will be able to accommodate you.我确定银行可以为您提供住宿。
  5. [intransitive, transitive] accommodate (something/yourself) to something (formal) to change your behaviour so that you can deal with a new situation better顺应，适应（新情况）
    • I needed to accommodate to the new schedule.我需要适应新的时间表。🔊🔊
    6. Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin accommodat- ‘made fitting’, from the verb accommodare, from ad- ‘to’ + commodus ‘fitting’.