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词汇 circumstance
释义 circumstance
noun
uk /ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/ us /ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
B2[ Cusually plural ]
a fact or event that makes a situation the way it is: 条件,情况;情形,形势
under the circumstances I think she coped very well under the circumstances.我觉得在那种情况下她处理得很不错。
Obviously we can't deal with the problem until we know all the circumstances.显然,我们只有了解全部情况后才能处理这问题。
suspicious circumstancesShe died in suspicious circumstances.她死得很蹊跷。
in any circumstances We oppose capital punishment in any circumstances.
under any circumstances We will not quit under any circumstances.
under no circumstances Under no circumstances should you (= you should not) approach the man.你无论如何都不应该联系那个男人。
circumstances beyond someone's controlThe meeting has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.会议因不可控情况的出现而被取消了。
[ U ]formal
events that change your life, over which you have no control: 无法控制的因素;客观环境;命运
They were victims of circumstance.他们是客观环境的牺牲品。
force of circumstance We were obliged to go by force of circumstance.形势所迫,我们不得不走。
 circumstances
how much money someone has: 经济状况
Grants are available depending on your circumstances.视经济状况,符合条件可获得助学金。
The new circumstances compelled a change in policy.新情况迫使在政策上作出改变。
An unfortunate conjunction of circumstances led to his downfall.一连串不幸事件同时发生,导致了他的下台。
I'd planned a romantic evening together, but circumstances conspired against it - friends arrived unexpectedly and then Dave was called out to an emergency.我计划两人共度一个浪漫的夜晚,可是事不凑巧——先是朋友们不期而至,接着戴夫被叫去出急诊。
The circumstances of her death have been hotly disputed.她的死引起了激烈的争论。
His tact was exemplary, especially considering the circumstances.他的策略堪称典范,尤其是考虑到当时的情形。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Situations and circumstances
background
busyness
circumstances beyond someone's control
climate
comedy of errors
condition
farce
financial affairs
footing
landscape
matrix
picture
practicality
scheme
situation
the scheme of thingsidiom
truth
under any circumstances
under no circumstances
under the circumstances

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circumstance | American Dictionary


circumstance
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˈsɜr·kəmˌstæns/
an event or condition connected with what is happening or has happened:
[ C ]The circumstances of the theft of the painting were not known.
[ C ]The circumstances surrounding his disappearance are under investigation.
[ C ]He said that under no circumstances was he returning to Phoenix.
[ U ]Mrs. Smith's lawyers say she was victim of circumstance, not a murderer.

Examples of circumstance


circumstance
Pension funds can also require variations in contributions from employees in some circumstances.
The analysis makes the binarity effect an example of a contextually weight-sensitive language, in which closed syllables are bimoraic only under certain morphological circumstances.
In most circumstances, only the topmost candidate on the rank-ordering is well-formed enough to be selected as output.
Stoicism is an important concept in the way people experience difficult circumstances regarding their health.
Further, we examine the circumstances under which the two different treatments can be brought into harmony.
The two women's circumstances and outcome, however, were very different.
Both approaches may be valid under certain circumstances.
They are thus excluded from the domestic sphere under normal circumstances and can only enter by ritual invitation.
However, in order to maintain their place in the entertainment industry, they had to adapt to the changing circumstances.
The reporting context draws our attention to how another's words are used by the speaker in the present circumstances.
The distribution of these various strategies is considered across different text types and under a variety of circumstances.
Under these circumstances, the entire ion acceleration scenario can be controlled.
Let me add that my sense is that time inconsistency is not an everyday problem but something that policymakers are drawn to in extreme circumstances.
Additionally, as we saw above, a generally dysfunctional security sector riddled with poor leadership created circumstances in which order and discipline were undermined.
In the context of the process wr iting approach, this book looks at the value and appropr iacy of peer response activities in different circumstances.
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Collocations withcircumstance


circumstance

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accidental circumstance
It is an almost accidental circumstance that the members of the partnership have changed.
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actual circumstances
The belief that attitude determined the way life treated one was more a reflection of personality than of actual circumstances.
adverse circumstances
All of the above studies have involved children living under highly adverse circumstances, or children with behavioral or emotional pathology.
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