adjustable是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 可调整的， 可校准的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在辛克莱·刘易斯的《阿罗史密斯》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There was a suspicion in Elk Mills--now, in 1897, a dowdy red-brick village, smelling of apples-- that this brown-leather adjustable seat which Doc Vickerson used for minor operations, for the infrequent pulling of teeth and for highly frequent naps, had begun life as a barber's chair.
-- There was also a belief that its proprietor must once have been called Doctor Vickerson, but for years he had been only The Doc, and he was scurfier and much less adjustable than the chair.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She suited action to word, fastened the piece of leather, which was eventually to form the right half of the upper of a man's shoe, by little adjustable clamps, and pushed a small steel rod at the side of the machine.
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