adjustment

noun

1. the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

Synonym: alterationmodification

2. the act of adjusting something to match a standard

Synonym: registrationreadjustment

3. making or becoming suitable
adjusting to circumstances

Synonym: accommodationfitting

4. an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

e.g. an allowance for profit

Synonym: allowance

5. the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

Synonym: adaptationadaption

1. 调整；校正；校准
An adjustment is a small change that is made to something such as a machine or a way of doing something.

e.g. Compensation could be made by adjustments to taxation...
通过调整税收可以作出补偿。
e.g. Investment is up by 5.7% after adjustment for inflation.
针对通货膨胀作出调整之后投资上升了5.7%。

2. （行为或思想的）调整，转变
An adjustment is a change in a person's behaviour or thinking.

e.g. He will have to make major adjustments to his thinking if he is to survive in office.
要想保住这份工作，他就必须在观念上作出重大的转变。

1. 适应：二、后现代主义(post-modernism)及社会建构论的影响症状在系统中的意义是具功能性的,是反映个人适应(adjustment)或对环境的反应而非个人病理. 若因保险或展现能力需要可用诊断,但须aware诊断名称是针对个人缺陷之基础

2. adjustment的翻译

2. adjustment：adj; 调整，校准