Accommodation

(noun.) (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye.

(noun.) the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need.

(noun.) living quarters provided for public convenience; 'overnight accommodations are available'.

(noun.) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality.

(noun.) a settlement of differences; 'they reached an accommodation with Japan'.

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• In one circumstance only even the entreaties of Rebecca were unable to secure sufficient attention to the accommodation of the wounded knight. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The ability of the eye to adjust itself to varying distances is called accommodation. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• However, Mr. Tupman did not volunteer any such accommodation, and the friends walked on, conversing merrily. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Five of these great thoroughfares radiate from one ample centre--a centre which is exceedingly well adapted to the accommodation of heavy artillery. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• That will obviate all difficulties you know; and from _us_ I really think, my dear Jane, you can have no scruple to accept such an accommodation. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I entered--not now obliged to part with my whole fortune as the price of its accommodation. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He assured them of every accommodation, and was about to withdraw when the Black Knight took his hand. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Finding that they would hearken to no terms of accommodation, he laid his petition before the council. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It will be a special accommodation to all concerned, if you don't. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The other exports the accommodation and subsistence of a great number, and imports that of a very few only. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• There's nothing to be ashamed of; it's a matter of mutual accommodation, nothing more. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Ignoring this fact means arrested development, a passive accommodation. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Here, even the necessary accommodation of two sitting-rooms and four bed-rooms seemed unattainable. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The letter was from this gentleman himself, and written in the true spirit of friendly accommodation. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Even though the muscles of accommodation do their best to pull out and flatten the lens, the rays are not separated sufficiently to focus as far back as the retina. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• But perhaps your accommodations--your cottage--your furniture--have disappointed your expectations? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Better accommodations, he can promise them, and not a less grateful welcome than at Randalls. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• The house now resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to consider the accommodations and arrangements for the meeting. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• It is within the memory of many now living everywhere how wretched was the sanitary accommodations in every populous place a generation or two ago. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• And so it happened that some time afterward, when we greatly needed help in the way of loans, the bank willingly gave us the accommodations we required to tide us over a critical period. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Some people imagine that there can be no accommodations, no space in a cottage; but this is all a mistake. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.

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