Dictionary entry
Adjustment
Pronunciation: /əˈdʒʌs(t)m(ə)nt/
Pronunciation
/əˈdʒʌs(t)m(ə)nt/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) ပြင်ဆင်ချက်။ ညှိခြင်း။
Definition
adjust / ǝ'dʒʌst / v ၁။ ~ (sth/ oneself) (to sth) အလိုက္သင့္ ျပဳမူေနထိုင္သည္။ ေနက်င့္ရသည္။ က်င့္သားရသည္။ အထာ က်သည္။ ညိႇသည္။ Many former soldiers have difficulty in adjusting to civilian life. ❍ It took several seconds for his eyes to adjust to the gloom. ❍ The body quickly adjusts itself to changes in temperature. ❍ adjust one's plans ❍ Inform your tax office that you are now married and they will adjust your tax code. ၂။ (က) အေနအထားျပဳျပင္သည္။ ကိုက္ညိႇသည္။ ညိႇသည္။ adjust the rear mirror/ the focus of a camera/ the sights of a gun ❍ The brakes need adjusting. (ခ) သပ္ရပ္ေအာင္ျပဳျပင္သည္။ He smoothed his hair down and adjusted his tie. ❏ adjustable adj အေနအထားျပဳျပင္ႏိုင္ေသာ။ အရွင္။ adjustable seat-belts ❍ The height of the chair is adjustable. ❏ adjustment n [C,U] ျပင္ဆင္ခ်က္။ ညိႇျခင္း။ I've made a few minor adjustments to the seating plan. ❍ a period of emotional adjustment ❍ Some adjustment of the lens may be necessary.
Examples
- Stir in the lemon juice and adjust the seasoning.
- [adjust something for something] : The figures have been adjusted for inflation.
- She stopped to adjust the strap on her sandal.
- When economic circumstances change
- businesses need time to adjust.
- [adjust to] : It took her two years to adjust to life in England.
- Give your eyes time to adjust.
- [adjust to] : Her eyes gradually adjusted to the gloom.