adjust modify acclimatize adapt的区别很大,adjust 是指校正、调整,modify是指改变、减缓,acclimatize是指(使)适应新气候或环境,而adapt的意思是适应于,它们的具体用法如下:
adjust 是vt.& vi.(改变…以)适应,调整,校正;调准(望远镜等),对准,校正,校准(机械等);核算(盈亏);[保]评定(赔偿要求)
例句:
She adjusted her head scarf fussily
她小题大做地整了整头巾。
modify
(1)vi.修改;被修饰
(2)vt.改变;减轻,减缓;[语]修饰,(用变音符号)改变
例句:
(1)It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun
they modify.
形容词一般放在所修饰名词的前面是英语中的一条规律。
(2)Neither party may unilaterally modify the contract.
任何一方不得擅自修改合同。
acclimatize是vi.& vt.(使)服水土,(使)适应新气候或环境
例句:
It took him several years to acclimatize himself to living in the countryside.
他过了几年才适应农村的生活。
adapt
(1)vi.适应于,适应不同情况(或环境)(to)
(2)vt.改编,改写;改变…以适合(for)
例句:
(1)The scriptwriter helped him to adapt his novel for the screen
编剧帮助他将其所著小说改编成电影。
(2)They have had to adapt themselves to a war economy.
他们不得不适应战时经济。