circumstances

柯林斯詞典

circumstance /?s??k?mst?ns/ (circumstances)

• 1. N-COUNT The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens. 情形

  Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favour abortion under certain circumstances. 最近的民意調(diào)查顯示60%的人贊同特定情況下的流産。

  The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times. 在儅時爆炸性的形勢下，這一戰(zhàn)略太危險了。

• 2. N-PLURAL The circumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it. 詳情; 原委

  I'm making inquiries about the circumstances of Mary Dean's murder. 我正在調(diào)查瑪麗·迪安謀殺案的原委。

• 3. N-PLURAL Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have. 境況 (尤指經(jīng)濟狀況)

  ...help and support for the single mother, whatever her circumstances. …提供給單身母親的幫助和支持，無論她們的境況如何。

• 4. N-UNCOUNT Events and situations which cannot be controlled are sometimes referred to as circumstance. 命運; 客觀環(huán)境

  There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless. 你知道，有些人由於命運的原因最終變得無家可歸。

• 5. PHRASE You can emphasize that something must not or will not happen by saying that it must not or will not happen under any circumstances. 在任何情況下[強調(diào)]

  Racism is wholly unacceptable under any circumstances. 在任何情況下種族主義都是完全不能被接受的。

• 6. PHRASE You can use in the circumstances or under the circumstances before or after a statement to indicate that you have considered the conditions affecting the situation before making the statement. 在那種情況下

  In the circumstances, Paisley's plans looked highly appropriate. 在那種情況下，珮斯利的計劃看起來非常郃適。

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