circumstance的解释

1. 环境
2. 境遇
3. 境况
4. 命运
5. 情况
6. 经济状况
7. 事实
8. 详情
9. 细节
10. 仪式
11. 条件
12. 事件
13. 事项
14. 状况
15. 客观环境
16. 情形

1. 把…置于某种情况下

1. [P]环境,条件,情况 the combination of facts, or events that influence one's action, regarded as being outside one's control
2. [P]境遇,经济状况 a fact, condition, or event concerned with and influencing another event, person, or course of action

1.情况;情形;形势
Thecircumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens.

e.g. Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances...
最近的民意调查显示，60%的人赞成在某些情况下可以堕胎。
e.g. The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times...
在当时那种一触即发的形势下，采取那样的策略太危险了。

2.（事件发生的）情形，详情，原委
Thecircumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it.

e.g. I'm making inquiries about the circumstances of Mary Dean's murder...
我在调查玛丽·迪安谋杀案的详情。
e.g. Hundreds of people had died there in terrible circumstances during and after the revolution.
在革命期间和其后的恶劣形势下，那里有成百上千的人死去。

3.生活状况;境况;(尤指)经济状况
Yourcircumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have.

circumstance的反义词

e.g. ...help and support for the single mother, whatever her circumstances...
不论单身母亲的经济状况如何均为其提供的帮助与扶持
e.g. I wouldn't have expected to find you in such comfortable circumstances.
我怎么也没有想到你生活这么优裕。

4.命运;机缘;客观环境
Events and situations which cannot be controlled are sometimes referred to ascircumstance .

e.g. There are those, you know, who, bycircumstance, end up homeless...
您知道，会有那么一些人，因为命运捉弄而落得无家可归。
e.g. You might say that we've been victims ofcircumstance.
你可以说我们一直不走运吧。

5.在任何情况下;无论如何
You can emphasize that something must not or will not happen by saying that it must not or will not happenunder any circumstances .

e.g. Racism is wholly unacceptable under any circumstances...
无论在何种情况下，种族主义都是千万要不得的。
e.g. She made it clear that under no circumstances would she cancel the trip.
她明确表示，无论如何她都不会取消旅行。

6.在那种情况下;情况既然如此
You can usein the circumstances orunder the circumstances before or after a statement to indicate that you have considered the conditions affecting the situation before making the statement.

e.g. Under the circumstances, a crash was unavoidable...
在那种情况下，撞车是难以避免的。
e.g. In the circumstances, Paisley's plans looked highly appropriate.
佩斯利所拟定的计划在当时的情况下看来非常恰当。

• consider〔omit〕 a circumstance考虑〔遗漏〕一种情况
• describe〔detail, explain〕 the circumstances说明情况
• fit the circumstances符合情况

• any circumstances任何情况
• complicated circumstances复杂的情况
• difficult circumstances艰苦的环境
• financial circumstance经济状况

• family circumstances家境

• according to circumstances视情况而定
• in easy circumstances舒适
• in needy circumstances穷困
• in no circumstances决不,无论如何也不
• in present circumstances在目前的情况下
• under the circumstances在这种情况下

• circumstances of the dispute〔quarrel〕争论〔争吵〕的情况

• We have nought but circumstances To charge her with, about her husband's death.

  出自：J. Webster

• Who found himself in circumstances to which he was unequal.

  出自：J. A. Froude

• A soldier has to change his mind when circumstances demand it.

  出自：L. P. Hartley

• That men should die was a matter of necessity; which men should die, though, was a matter of circumstance.

  出自：J. Heller

• When I next saw her, it was under entirely different circumstances.

  出自：J. Barth

• Ernestina..was..a victim of circumstances.

  出自：J. Fowles

circumstance, condition, situation, state

这四个词都有“情况,状态,条件,状况”的意思。其区别在于:state是普通用语,指“情况,状态”,其存在形式并不是具体事物; situation指危急或重大的事态,侧重“事态”,也指“职位,职业”; condition和state相比意义较狭隘,指在思考中的事物的状态,“环境”所影响的“情况”,特指事物内部的条件和状态,用复数时指比较一般、笼统的情况,侧重于“状况”; circumstance指某种事件或动作发生时的情况,一般都用复数形式。例如:

The country is in a troubled state.这个国家处于紊乱的状态中。

Measures must be taken to meet this situation.必须设法应付这个局面。

He is applying for a situation.他正在请求得到一个位置。

The oranges may soon rot under present conditions.橘子在目前的状态下会很快腐烂的。

I don't remember all the circumstances of the quarrel.我不记得争吵的所有情况。

circumstance, environment, surroundings

这三个词都可以表示“环境”。circumstance常用复数,指和某行动或某件事有关的客观环境和条件,如时间、地点等; environment一般用单数,不用复数,指某人或某物周围的,并对人或物有影响的环境、条件,可以指精神的(如注重道德的环境),也可指物质的(如工作环境),也可以指自然环境(如空气、水、土等),或指人为的环境条件(如经济环境); surroundings只用复数,指某人周围的事物或环境,这些事物与环境对他的思想、感情、修养有一定的影响。

condition，state，status，situation，circumstance

这些名词均有“状况、情况”之意。

condition一般强调产生影响的原因或环境，复数形式指笼统的情况。

state普通用词，指人或物在环境、外表、心灵以及健康方面的状况，或指在某一阶段的状态或形式。

status指一个人在政治、社会、经济、法律上的地位或身份，暗含地位显要意味。也可用于指政治等事态的状况。

situation指明确具体的环境情况或处境。

circumstance多指周围的情况或某事发生时的情况。