VERB 调整;调节 If you adjust something, you change it so that it is more effective or appropriate.
To attract investors, Panama has adjusted its tax and labour laws. 为吸引投资者,巴拿马调整了税法和劳动法。
VERB 整理(衣服);校正,校准(机器) If you adjust something such as your clothing or a machine, you correct or alter its position or setting.
She adjusted her head scarf fussily... 她小题大做地整了整头巾。
Liz adjusted her mirror and then edged the car out of its parking bay. 莉兹调了调后视镜,将车子挪出了停车位。
V-ERG (使)适应(光线变化) 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.
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。
We stood in the doorway until our eyes adjusted... 我们站在门口直到眼睛适应了光线的变化。
It was a few moments before his eyes became adjusted to the bright glare of the sun. 过了一会儿,他的眼睛才适应了刺眼的阳光。