accommodate

verb

1. 为（某人）提供住宿（或膳宿、座位等）
   to provide sb with a room or place to sleep, live or sit
   1. The hotel can accommodate up to 500 guests.
      这家旅馆可供500位旅客住宿。
2. 容纳；为…提供空间
   to provide enough space for sb/sth
   1. Over 70 minutes of music can be accommodated on one CD.
      一张激光唱片可以容纳70多分钟的音乐。
3. 考虑到；顾及
   to consider sth, such as sb's opinion or a fact, and be influenced by it when you are deciding what to do or explaining sth
   1. 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。
4. 帮忙；给…提供方便
   to help sb by doing what they want
   1. 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。
5. 顺应，适应（新情况）
   to change your behaviour so that you can deal with a new situation better
   1. I needed to accommodate to the new schedule.
      我需要适应新的时间表。

1. VERB （有足够的空间）容纳，接纳
   If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
   1. The school in Poldown was not big enough to accommodate all the children...
      波尔登的学校不够大，容不下所有的孩子。
   2. The CD-ROMs will accommodate the works of all English poets from 600 to 1900.
      这些光盘能存下从公元600年到1900年所有英国诗人的作品。
2. VERB 为…提供住宿
   To accommodate someone means to provide them with a place to live or stay.
   1. ...a hotel built to accommodate guests for the wedding of King Alfonso...
      一家为接待前来参加阿方索国王婚礼的来宾而建的宾馆
   2. Students are accommodated in homes nearby.
      学生被安置在附近的住家中。
3. VERB 顾及；考虑到
   If something is planned or changed to accommodate a particular situation, it is planned or changed so that it takes this situation into account.
   1. The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes...
      修建这些道路时考虑到了温度的逐渐变化。
   2. The way that American history is taught may change in order to accommodate some more of those cultures.
      美国历史的授课方式可能会为了照顾到更多的文化而作改变。
4. VERB 迎合；迁就
   If you do something to accommodate someone, you do it with the main purpose of pleasing or satisfying them.
   1. He has never put an arm around his wife to accommodate photographers...
      他从未为了迎合摄影师而搂住妻子。
   2. He's already altered several of the proposals in his economic plan to accommodate demands of special interests.
      他已经改动了经济计划中的几项提议以迁就特殊利益集团的要求。
5. VERB （调整以）适应
   If you accommodate to something new, you change your behaviour or ideas so that you are able to deal with it.
   1. Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing conditions...
      某些种类的动植物不能适应迅速变化的环境。
   2. She walked slowly to accommodate herself to his pace.
      她走得很慢，以便与他保持一致的步伐。

1. The school in Poldown was not big enough to accommodate all the children
   波尔登的学校不够大，容不下所有的孩子。
2. The CD-ROMs will accommodate the works of all English poets from 600 to 1900.
   这些光盘能存下从公元600年到1900年所有英国诗人的作品。
3. Students are accommodated in homes nearby.
   学生被安置在附近的住家中。
4. The roads are built to accommodate gradual temperature changes
   修建这些道路时考虑到了温度的逐渐变化。
5. The way that American history is taught may change in order to accommodate some more of those cultures.
   美国历史的授课方式可能会为了照顾到更多的文化而作改变。
6. He has never put an arm around his wife to accommodate photographers
   他从未为了迎合摄影师而搂住妻子。
7. He's already altered several of the proposals in his economic plan to accommodate demands of special interests.
   他已经改动了经济计划中的几项提议以迁就特殊利益集团的要求。
8. Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing conditions
   某些种类的动植物不能适应迅速变化的环境。
9. She walked slowly to accommodate herself to his pace.
   她走得很慢，以便与他保持一致的步伐。
10. Leeds Prison is reported to have almost double the number of prisoners it's designed to accommodate.
    据报道利兹监狱里犯人的数量几乎已达该监狱设计可容纳人数的两倍了。
11. The idea that the United States could harmoniously accommodate all was a fiction.
    认为美国可以接纳所有的人，使之和谐相处是一个幻想。
12. This restaurant can accommodate two hundred people at a time.
    这家餐馆可供200人同时用餐。
13. This big room can accommodate six beds.
    这大房间能容6张床。
14. The runway of this airport is undergoing expansion to accommodate large planes.
    这个机场的跑道正在扩建以适应大型飞机起落。
15. We accommodate our visiting scholars with new apartments.
    我们为访问学者提供新的公寓。
16. When you go to a strange country, you'll have to accommodate yourself to new ways of living.
    到外国时，你就得使自己适应新的生活方式。
17. I quickly needed to accommodate to the new schedule.
    我需要迅速适应新时间表。
18. Are there enough shelves to accommodate all our books?
    有足够的书架容纳我们所有的书吗？
19. You should soon accommodate yourself to the new circumstance.
    你应尽快适应新环境。
20. This room can accommodate four people.
    这间屋子可以住四个人。
21. We must accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
    我们必须适应环境。
22. We should accommodate ourselves to the changing situation.
    我们应该使自己适应不断变化的形势。
23. The president seemed willing to accommodate himself to Senate desires.
    总统似乎愿意按参议院的意图行事。
24. 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。
25. It was very good of you to accommodate me with the ticket for my journey.
    你真好，为我的旅行提供车票。
26. Should you have any special needs, our flight attendants will do their best to accommodate you.
    倘若你有任何特别的需要，我们的空中服务员会尽量给予协助。
27. We did this to accommodate your buyers.
    我们这样做是为了照顾你方的买主。

verb

1. make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
   1. Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country

   Synonym:    adapt

2. make (one thing) compatible with (another)
   1. The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories

   Synonym:    reconcileconciliate

3. provide a service or favor for someone
   1. We had to oblige him

   Synonym:    oblige

4. provide with something desired or needed
   1. Can you accommodate me with a rental car?

5. provide housing for
   1. We are lodging three foreign students this semester

   Synonym:    lodge

6. be agreeable or acceptable to
   1. This suits my needs

   Synonym:    suitfit

7. have room for
   1. This hotel can accommodate 250 guests
   2. The theater admits 300 people
   3. The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people

   Synonym:    holdadmit