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If a person is accommodating, they are helpful in a soft way: they say yes to what you want, they change the time or the plan a little, they make space for you. We use it of people first — a host, a teacher, a shop worker — and also of hours and plans that are easy to live with. It is usually praise. Though actually, if we say someone is too accommodating, we may be a little worried: they never say no, and other people walk over them. It is the -ing adjective from the verb accommodate, the ‘make it fit’ verb. It is not the hotel-room word. You can be accommodating without giving anyone a bed.
好說話的、肯配合的、願意通融
組成accommodate + -ing. The verb comes from Latin accommodō / accommodātus: ad- ‘to’ + commodus ‘fitting, convenient’ (com- + modus ‘measure’) — to fit something to someone.
同家族的字
- accommodatethe verb this adjective is built from — to make something fit, or to give someone what they need
- accommodationthe noun from the same verb — a place to stay, or an arrangement that fits someone
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
accommodatingadj/əˈkɒm.əˌdeɪ.tɪŋ/
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Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.
- Richard DeLongpre: I have to say, we were surprised that Principal Gottlieb wasn't more accommodating. Judith Gottlieb: Oh, for God's sake, he's a child. I'm not gonna date him.
- The staff were very accommodating and made sure we had everything we needed.
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Pliable; easily corrupted.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。