adjust /əˈdʒʌst/ CET4 TEM4 ( adjusting, adjusted, adjusts )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas. 调整以适应

  例：

  We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society.

  我们一直在让我们的战士们准备好自我调整以适应普通社会。

  例：

  I felt I had adjusted to the idea of being a mother very well.

  我感到我已经很好地适应了做母亲的想法。

• 2. 

  V-T If you adjust something, you change it so that it is more effective or appropriate. 调整

  例：

  To attract investors, Panama has adjusted its tax and labour laws.

  为了吸引投资者，巴拿马已经调整了其税务及劳动法规。

• 3. 

  V-T If you adjust something such as your clothing or a machine, you correct or alter its position or setting. 调节

  例：

  Liz adjusted her mirror and then edged the car out of its parking space.

  莉兹调节了她的后视镜，然后把车慢慢地开出了停车位。

• 4. 

  V-T/V-I If you adjust your vision or if your vision adjusts, the muscles of your eye or the pupils alter to cope with changes in light or distance. 适应

  例：

  He stopped to try to adjust his vision to the faint starlight.

  他停下来，试着使眼睛适应昏暗的星光。