adjust

动词，表示把事物改到更合适、更准确的状态；也可指人适应新环境，以及保险理赔中的核定。

💡 记忆钩子

把一个东西的“位置或状态”拨到合适处：可以调整配方、修正结论，也可以让自己适应环境；在保险语境中，则是把损失和赔付核定清楚。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“调整、修正”和“适应”这两条主线，再记保险理赔中的专门用法。
不要把它只理解成“调节机器”；它也常用于抽象内容，如计划、观点、价格和行为。

📖 中文释义

verb

core 调整；改动

📖 把某个事物改一改，使它更适合特定的人、目的或条件。改动不一定表示原来错了，重点是让它更合用。

💡 常用“adjust + 事物 + to suit/fit + 对象”表示“调整某物以适合某人或某情况”。宾语可以是配方、设置、计划或价格等具体、抽象事物。不要只译成“调高或调低”，它也可以表示广义的修改。

transitive

The chef adjusted the recipe to suit local tastes.

厨师调整了配方，以适应当地人的口味。

Please adjust the screen brightness before the meeting.

请在会议前调节屏幕亮度。
core 修正；改正

📖 根据新的事实或发现，把原来的判断、说法或做法改得更准确、更合理。这里的核心仍是把某物拨回合适的位置，只是调整对象通常是观点或结论。

💡 常用“adjust + 观点、结论、估计等 + in light of/based on + 新信息”结构。它通常表示有依据的修正，不一定意味着彻底推翻原来的内容。表示一般性的纠错时，不要机械地把它当作只用于物理调节的词。

transitive

We adjusted our forecast after reviewing the latest figures.

查看最新数据后，我们修正了预测。
common 核定保险理赔

📖 在保险行业中，指调查损失并核定应赔付的金额或处理方式。它仍然包含“把事情核准到合适状态”的意思，但这是一个专门的保险用法。

💡 常见结构是“adjust + a claim/loss”或“an insurer adjusts + a claim”，表示核定保险索赔或损失。这个用法多见于保险、法律和商业语境，日常谈论“调整东西”时不能随意这样理解。注意它不是指投保人自己领取赔款。

transitive

The insurance company is still adjusting the claim.

保险公司仍在核定这项理赔。
core 适应；适应变化

📖 改变自己的行为、期待或生活方式，使自己适合新的环境或情况。这里不是调整外部物品，而是把自己“调到”新环境能正常运转的状态。

💡 最常见结构是“adjust to + 名词或动名词”，例如适应新城市或新的工作方式；通常不说“adjust something”来表达人的适应。它可用于逐渐适应生活变化，常与表示速度或难易的副词连用。不要把介词漏掉，也不要把它误解为单纯的“习惯上了”而忽略主动调整的意味。

intransitive

It took me a few weeks to adjust to working from home.

我花了几周才适应在家工作。

New students usually adjust quickly to campus life.

新生通常很快就能适应校园生活。

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📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 5 组

adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

同义词集: adjust conform adapt

We must adjust to the bad economic situation

下位: assimilate, focalise, focalize, focus, match, obey, square

alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;

同义词集: adjust set correct

Adjust the clock, please

correct the alignment of the front wheels

上位: alter, change, modify 下位: align, calibrate, coordinate, fine-tune, fit, focalise, focalize, focus, graduate, harmonise, harmonize, justify, match, modulate, ordinate, plumb, proportion, readjust, reconcile, regulate, reset, set, sharpen, sync, synchronise, synchronize, temper, time, trim, tune, tune up, zero, zero in

make correspondent or conformable

同义词集: adjust

Adjust your eyes to the darkness

上位: accommodate, adapt

place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight;

同义词集: align aline line up adjust

align the car with the curb

align the sheets of paper on the table

反义: skew 下位: address, concenter, concentre, focalise, focalize, focus, true, true up

decide how much is to be paid on an insurance claim

同义词集: adjust

上位: adjudicate, decide, resolve, settle

🌳 词源

源自中古英语，来自中古法语或古法语，最终与表示“正确、恰当”的拉丁词根有关。

From Middle English ajusten, borrowed from Middle French adjuster, or Old French, from Latin ad (“to, up to, towards”) + iustus (“correct, proper, exact”); Equivalent to ad- + just. Probably influenced in sense by Old French ajouster (cf. modern ajouter), from Vulgar Latin *adiuxtāre, from Latin iuxta. The Middle English originally meant "to correct, remedy" in the late 14th century, and was reborrowed from Middle French in the early 17th century. According to another view on the etymology, the word was actually derived from Old French ajouster and then supposedly later influenced by folk etymology from Latin iustus; if so, it is a doublet of adjute.

🔄 变式

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