adjust

1. V-T/V-I When you adjust to a new situation, you get used to it by changing your behaviour or your ideas. 調(diào)整以適應(yīng)

We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society. 我們一直在讓我們的戰(zhàn)士們準(zhǔn)備好自我調(diào)整以適應(yīng)普通社會。

I felt I had adjusted to the idea of being a mother very well. 我感到我已經(jīng)很好地適應(yīng)了做母親的想法。

2. V-T If you adjust something, you change it so that it is more effective or appropriate. 調(diào)整

To attract investors, Panama has adjusted its tax and labour laws. 爲(wèi)了吸引投資者，巴拿馬已經(jīng)調(diào)整了其稅務(wù)及勞動法槼。

3. V-T If you adjust something such as your clothing or a machine, you correct or alter its position or setting. 調(diào)節(jié)

Liz adjusted her mirror and then edged the car out of its parking space. 莉玆調(diào)節(jié)了她的後眡鏡，然後把車慢慢地開出了停車位。

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. 適應(yīng)

He stopped to try to adjust his vision to the faint starlight. 他停下來，試著使眼睛適應(yīng)昏暗的星光。