accommodate

【1】照顾，通融，接受

①【例】We are willing to do almost anything to our customers.

我们愿意竭尽全力照顾客户。

②句式：accommodate sb + by doing sth。

【例】We hope you will accommodate us by accepting time L/C.

我们希望你方照顾我们接受远期信用证。

【2】提供

后面接用with。

【例】The bank will accommodate you with a loan.

银行要向你们提供一笔贷款。

【3】使适应

后面接用介词to。

【例】Our end-users would like to make payment only after installation of the equipment. We hope that you will accommodate yourselves to this situation from the point of view of long range interests.

我方用户只有在设备安装之后才能支付货款。希望贵方能从长远利益着想予以接受。

accommodating

照顾的，通融的

①多用作表语。

【例】It is not that we are not sufficiently accommodating but that the change proposed by you would upset our working arrangement.

并非我们不够通融，而是你方提出的变更将会打乱我们的工作安排。

accommodation

【1】照顾，通融

①【例】As a special accommodation, we agree to increase the commission to 3 percent.

找们给予特别通融，同意将佣金增加到3%。

②accommodation常与“给予”之类动词搭配，组成动宾结构。

句式：allow [grant, extend] accommodation to sb [sb accommodation]。

【例】 We extend to you this accommodation in view of our friendly relations.

鉴于我们之间的友好关系，我们向你方提供这一方便。

【2】膳宿设施

①美国常用复数，英国常用单数。

【例】We cannot extend you an invitation to the Guangzhou Fair, because we have not got enough accommodation(s) and your request reached us a bit late.

由于我们没有足够的膳宿设施，而收到你方要求的时间又稍晚，我们不能发给你们参加广州交易会的请柬。