accommodation
/əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃən/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。
1.1
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。
1.2
- 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。
1.3
- 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。
2.1
- 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。
2.2
- 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。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin accommodatio（n-）, from accommodare 'fit one thing to another' （see ACCOMODATE）.