[scode type="blue"]acclimatize/acclimatise
v.（使）适应；（使）服水土；
（使）习惯于（新情况、新地方或新气候）[/scode]
音标：/əˈklaɪməˌtaɪz/
英文释义：
When you acclimatize or are acclimatized to a new situation, place, or climate, you become used to it.
例句：
①They have been travelling for two days and will need some time to acclimatise.
他们在旅途中奔波了两天，需要时间调整。
②I hadn't had any time to acclimatize myself.
我那时没有时间来适应环境。
《经济学人》一篇关于城市和乡村老鼠的文章 Country bumpkins and city slickers 也出现了这个表达：
[scode type="blue"]gain on
接近，逼近（前面的人或事物）[/scode]
英英释义：
If you gain on someone or something that is moving in front of you, you gradually get closer to them.
例句：
①In some places he was quicker and at others I'd gain on him.
他在某些地方比我快，而我会在其他地方追上他。
②The Mercedes began to gain on the van.
那辆奔驰开始逼近小货车。
动画片《咋们裸熊》也出现了这个表达：
They are gaining on us.
They are gaining on us! We need to go faster!
