accommodate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they accommodate | |
| he / she / it accommodates | |
| past simple accommodated | |
| past participle accommodated | |
| -ing form accommodating |
- [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. 这架飞机能容纳28名乘客。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- comfortably
- easily
- readily
- …
- be able to
- can
- [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. 旧市政厅现在容纳了一个民俗博物馆。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- comfortably
- easily
- readily
- …
- be able to
- can
- [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。
- [transitive] accommodate somebody (with something) (formal)
to help somebody by doing what they want 帮忙；给…提供方便 - [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）
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin accommodat- ‘made fitting’, from the verb accommodare, from ad- ‘to’ + commodus ‘fitting’.