摘要：指稍微调整以适应特定工作或新的情况，调整幅度没有 adapt 大，常后接介词 to。

这几个词都有：适应之意，但是，用法有差异。

1.accommodate v. [正式] 适应，顺应

强调适应新的环境或情况。

Your eyes will accommodate to the darkness after a while.

过一会儿你的眼睛就能适应黑暗。

Some animal and plant species cannot accommodate to the rapidly changing conditions.

某些种类的动植物不能适应迅速变化的环境。

She had to accommodate to a new job.

她不得不使自己适应新的工作。

I needed to accommodate to the new schedule.

我需要适应新的时间表。

2.adapt v. （使）适合，（使）适应

强调改变现有条件以适应新的情况。

She has a great faculty for adapting new environments.

她适应新环境的能力很强。

He adapted to the new school.

他使自己适应新学校。

We have had to adapt quickly to the new system.

我们不得不迅速适应新制度。

Chung has tried to adapt to local customs.

钟努力去适应当地的风俗习惯。

An open-minded person is able to adapt to new conditions.

一个开明的人能够适应新情况。

Schumacher adapted effortlessly to his new surroundings.

舒马赫非常轻松地适应了新环境。

A large organization can be slow to adapt to change.

大机构可能应变迟缓。

The organisms were forced to adapt in order to survive.

生物被迫适应，以求生存。

It took him a while to adapt himself to his new surroundings.

他过了好一阵子才适应了新环境。

It is through our nervous system that we adapt ourselves to our environment and to all external stimuli.

我们是通过神经系统使自己适应环境及所有外部刺激的。

The world will be different, and we will have to be prepared to adapt to the change.

世界会变得不同，我们必须做好准备以适应其变化。

We must constantly adapt and innovate to ensure success in a growing market.

我们必须不时地适应并创新，以确保在不断扩大的市场中取得成功。

3.adjust v. 适应，习惯

指稍微调整以适应特定工作或新的情况，调整幅度没有 adapt 大，常后接介词 to。

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。

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。

His eyes have't adjusted to the darkness yet.

他的眼睛还没有适应黑暗。

After a while his eyes adjusted to the dark.

过了一会儿他的眼睛习惯了黑暗。

The place oppressed Aubrey even before his eyes adjusted to the dark

奥布里的眼睛还没有适应黑暗之前，这地方便已经让他觉得很压抑了。

Kids are quite good at adjusting.

小孩子适应能力很强。

It took her a while to adjust to living alone.

她过了一段时间才适应独自生活。

You'll quickly adjust yourself to student life.

你将很快适应学生生活。

She needed time to adjust to Clive's declaration.

她需要时间来适应克莱夫的表白。

How did you adjust to college life?

你是如何适应大学生活的？

We have been preparing our fighters to adjust themselves to civil society

我们一直在培训我们的战士，以使他们适应普通的社会生活。

There may be a period of disequilibrium as family members adjust to the new baby.

宝宝的降生可能会使家庭有一段手忙脚乱的适应阶段。

来源：翅膀英语一点号