accommodation

accommodation
noun
  1. [mass noun]a room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay
    住处
    they were living in temporary accommodation.
    他们住在临时住所。
    ■(accommodations)(chiefly N. Amer.)lodgings, sometimes also including board
    (主 北美)住宿（有时包括膳食）
    the company offers a number of guest house accommodations in Oberammergau.
    公司在奥伯拉默高有几家招待所可供住宿。
    ■the available space for occupants in a building, vehicle, or vessel
    （建筑、汽车或船舶容人的）空间
    there was lifeboat accommodation for 1,178 people.
    有可容纳1，178人的救生艇。
    ■the providing of a room or lodgings
    提供住宿
    the building is used exclusively for the accommodation of guests.
    此楼是专为客人提供住宿的。
  2. a convenient arrangement; a settlement or compromise
    调解；通融
    the prime minister was seeking an accommodation with Labour.
    首相在寻求与工党取得和解。
    ■[mass noun]the process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something
    调节，适应
    accommodation to a separate political entity was not possible.
    为一单独的政治团体作调整是不可能的。
    ■[mass noun]the automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by flattening or thickening of the lens
    （通过改变眼球晶状体形状）自动调焦，眼调节
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Latin accommodatio(n-), from accommodare 'fit one thing to another' (see accommodate)
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