动 transfer，shift，allot，allocate；名 accent，[音]key，air，tune；

[例句] 调以盐、胡椒和少许辣椒粉。 Season with salt, pepper and a pinch of cayenne.

[例句] 火车倒出了阿德莱德调车场，开上了都柏林-贝尔法斯特线。 The train backed out of Adelaide Yard on to the Dublin-Belfast line.

adjust，adjustment，tinker up，trim，[电影]Modulations；

[例句] 调整天线的位置和方向以达到最佳接收效果。 Adjust the aerial's position and direction for the best reception.

[例句] 用鼠标拖动图片，将其调整为新的尺寸。 Use your mouse to drag the pictures to their new size.

regulate，adjust，monitor，measure，accommodate ；

[例句] 这是通过中枢神经系统的调节作用实现的。 This works through the mediation of the central nervous system.

[例句] 调节灯光使其看上去既柔和又能给人带来舒缓感。 Adjust the lighting so it is soft and restful.

coordinate，concert，integrate，harmonize，assort with ；

[例句] 必须协调城市规划和土地分配之间的关系。 Town planning and land allocation had to be coordinated.

[例句] 她又小又弱，穿一身军装看起来很不协调。 She was small and fragile and looked incongruous in an army uniform.

be in harmonious proportion，mediate，reconcile，compromise，attemper ；

[例句] 这辆大巴能坐45人，内有空调和影像设备。 The bus is a 45-seater with air-con and videos.

[例句] 调和的最后一步要缓慢而精心。 This final part of the mixing is done slowly and delicately.

动 （为了解情况进行考察） investigate，examine，inquire into，look into；名 （为此所进行的考察） investigation，research，expedition，examen ；

[例句] 其估计数目300与另一项调查的结果相吻合。 Its own estimate of three hundred tallies with that of another survey.

[例句] 调查涉及1,000万英镑的汽车保险诈骗案的警察昨天逮捕了16人。 Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday.

dispatch，dispatcher，manage，control，attemper ；

[例句] 他是电车公司的调度. He is a dispatcher at the trolleybus company.

[例句] 他们渗透敌后以便骚扰敌军的调度. They infiltrated behind the lines so as to annoy the emery replacements.

tone，tune，pitch，tonality ；

[例句] “伙计们，我想你们不介意我抽烟吧？”他拉长音调说。 "I guess you guys don't mind if I smoke?" he drawled.

[例句] 他因为唱歌音调偏低而被炒了。 He had been fired because his singing was flat.

[电子] modulate，modulation，concoct，concoction，brewage ；

[例句] 任天堂希望将该外挂调制解调器的价格定在200美元以下。 Nintendo hopes to price the add-on modem at less than $200.

[例句] 草药用于调制提神饮品已有好几个世纪了。 Herbs have been used for centuries to make refreshing drinks.

harmonious，[电] tune，resonate，tuning ；

[例句] 薰香可以使有限调谐至无限。 Incense can attune the finite to the Infinite .

[例句] 研究人员意识到，可调谐激光束也许可以用在外科手术中。 Researchers realised that a tunable laser beam might be useful in surgery.

frequency modulation (FM)，frequency adjustment ；

[例句] 这里是调频立体声103.7。 This is FM stereo one oh three point seven.

[例句] 音乐调频按钮设在您座位的扶手上. The button for the music channel is in the arm of your seat.

mediate，make peace，arbitrate，adjust，compose ；

[例句] 英国雇佣法包括解决劳资纠纷的仲裁和调解机制。 UK employment law embodies arbitration and conciliation mechanisms for settling industrial disputes.

[例句] 他的调解可能会帮上该部落的忙。 His intercession could be of help to the tribe.

hue，tone，tinge，tincture，tonality ；

[例句] 每块砖在色调、质地与大小上也都略有不同。 Each brick also varies slightly in tone, texture and size.

[例句] 通常，绘画中暖色调为近感色，而冷色调为远感色。 Generally, warm colours advance in painting and cold colours recede.

demodulation，countermodulation，demodulating，decode ；

[例句] 任天堂希望将该外挂调制解调器的价格定在200美元以下。 Nintendo hopes to price the add-on modem at less than $200.

[例句] 传输速度为28,800比特/秒的调制解调器很可能是你愿意忍受的最低速度的解调器。 A minimum 28,800 bps modem is probably the slowest you'll want to put up with.

exchange，change，swap，conversion，redeploy ；

[例句] 你们要做的就是调换单词的位置以使句子意义通顺。 Your task is to interchange words so that the sentence makes sense.

[例句] 投票箱被人调换了。 The ballot boxes have been switched.

mediate，intervene，accommodate，interposition，go between ；

[例句] 这段经历使他对调停行动持怀疑态度。 The experi-ence has left him sceptical about efforts at conciliation.

[例句] 一位杰出的政治调停人物 a great political fixer

（简单、重复而没有变化） monotonous，dull，drab，monotony，blankness ；

[例句] 他写了一组非常单调枯燥的曲子。 He has written a batch of very samey tunes.

[例句] 她听到楼梯上传来牧师那熟悉的单调脚步声。 She heard the priest's familiar, flat footfall on the staircase.

shakedown test，debug，debugging ；

[例句] 那家店调试一辆保时捷收费高达500美元。 The shop charges up to $500 to tune up a Porsche.

[例句] 调试相机可能会很费事。 Setting up the camera can be tricky.

transfer，shift，move ，manoeuver，manoeuvre ；

[例句] 他们总是会出来调动观众情绪。 They would always come out and warm up the audience.

[例句] 他把气氛和场面调动得轻松愉快。 He sets the atmosphere and shapes the scenes pleasingly.

transfer (officer) temporarily for a specific task，[计] call，invoking，transfer ；

[例句] 我们把所有的信息储存在计算机里,以便随时调用. We've got all the information permanently on tap on a computer.

[例句] 通过定义自己调用服务的命令集,您可以定制自定义异步服务器的行为,通过为调用服务定义自己的命令集从而对它重新标记. You can customise the behavior of the Asynchronous Server and hence re - brand it by defining your own command set for invoking services.