adjust的词源

英文词源

adjust

adjust: see just

adjust (v.)

late 14c., ajusten, "to correct, remedy;" reborrowed by c. 1600 in sense "arrange, settle, compose," from Middle French adjuster, Old French ajouter "to join" (12c.), from Late Latin adiuxtare "to bring near," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + iuxta "next," related to iungere "to join" (see jugular).

Influenced by folk etymology derivation from Latin iustus "just, equitable, fair." Meaning "to arrange (something) so as to conform with (a standard or another thing)" is from 1660s. Insurance sense is from 1755. Meaning "to get used to" first recorded 1924. Related: Adjusted; adjusting.

中文词源

adjust：调整

发音释义：[ə'dʒʌst] vt. 调整，使…适合；校准vi. 调整，校准；适应

结构分析：adjust = ad（使）+just（靠近）→使靠近正确位置→校准、调整

词源解释：just←拉丁语juxta（靠近）；或：just←拉丁语justus（正确的）

同源词： adjustment（调节），adjustable（可调整的），adjuster（调节器）

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：adjust 词源，adjust 含义。

adjust：调节

词源略。俗词源：前缀ad-, 去，往。just, 刚好的。

adjust：调整，调节，校正；适应

词根词缀： ad-来,临近 + -just-公正 → 使趋向公正、恰当