adjust

英 [əˈdʒʌst]      美 [əˈdʒʌst]
  • vt. 调整,使…适合;校准
  • vi. 调整,校准;适应
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1、ad- "to" + just-.
2、字面含义为:arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing). 进而引申为:调整,调节,校正,使适应。
adjust 调节

词源略。俗词源:前缀ad-, 去,往。just, 刚好的。

adjust
adjust: see just
adjust (v.)
late 14c., ajusten, "to correct, remedy;" reborrowed by c. 1600 in sense "arrange, settle, compose," from Middle French adjuster, Old French ajouter "to join" (12c.), from Late Latin adiuxtare "to bring near," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + iuxta "next," related to iungere "to join" (see jugular).

Influenced by folk etymology derivation from Latin iustus "just, equitable, fair." Meaning "to arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing)" is from 1660s. Insurance sense is from 1755. Meaning "to get used to" first recorded 1924. Related: Adjusted; adjusting.
1. Adjust the aerial's position and direction for the best reception.
调整天线的位置和方向以达到最佳接收效果。
2. Adjust the lighting so it is soft and restful.
调节灯光使其看上去既柔和又能给人带来舒缓感。
3. We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society.
我们一直在培训我们的战士,以使他们适应普通的社会生活。
4. He stopped to try to adjust his vision to the faint starlight.
他停下脚步试着让眼睛适应微弱的星光。
5. It was just a question of having the time to re-adjust.
这只是个需要时间重新适应的问题。

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