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词汇 accustom
释义 accustom
verb[ T ]
us/əˈkʌs·təm/
to make someone familiar with new conditions:
It takes awhile to accustom yourself to working at night.
Note:

Often said about yourself.

accustomed


adjectiveus/əˈkʌs·təmd/
She’s accustomed to waking at 6 a.m.

Examples of accustom


accustom
Making the system interface human-like may be one way of making things easier for users, since we are all accustomed to conversing with other humans.
Islanders are becoming increasingly accustomed to requests for samples of their "quaint" object dialect.
The colonies, by enjoying his success in a "happy reign" of 34 years, had also grown accustomed to it.
Before the introduction of tractors, far mers were accustomed to growing alfalfa, chickling and vetch for their work oxen.
In human conversations we are accustomed to having the other participant's quitting if we interrupt and persist in our interruption.
Possibly the result of performing the second test directly after the first so as the patient would be accustomed to catheterization, and therefore more relaxed.
Almost all of the respondents were retired and accustomed to being regarded as ' unproductive ' by the general public.
People whose closest contact with the state had once been the local chowkidar now became accustomed to seeing armed men in uniform.
Her daughter-in-law took care of her and became accustomed to keeping an eye on her during her daily housework.
One might suppose that those species (whales, birds) that are accustomed to roaming widely around the oceans could readily migrate in response to global warming.
Natural codeswitching between people who are accustomed to switching is another type of phenomenon altogether.
Also, some may rely on early reports on hesitations in switching by speakers who may well not be accustomed to codeswitching.
Each group was accustomed to giving concerts in a formal setting, and this concert was well rehearsed and performed.
Since the traditional family system used to determine the ways in which family wealth was passed on, people have not been accustomed to making wills.
We are accustomed to referring to the 'field at a point in space', that is, a local perspective.
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