situation
英 [s?tj?'e??(?)n]
美[,s?t?u'e??n]
- n. 情況；形勢；處境；位置
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詞態變化
復數:?situations;
中文詞源
situation 環境，情況，狀況，形勢
situate,坐落于，位于，-ion,名詞后綴。引申詞義環境，情況，狀況，形勢等。
英文詞源
- situation (n.)
- early 15c., "place, position, or location," from Middle French situation or directly from Medieval Latin situationem (nominative situatio) "a position, situation," noun of action from past participle stem of situare "to place, locate" (see situate). Meaning "state of affairs" is from 1710; meaning "employment post" is from 1803.
雙語例句
- 1. The Politburo has been meeting in Peking to discuss the situation.
- 政治局已在北京召開會議討論形勢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation.
- 官員們希望通過減少外國人入境的數量來使局勢平定下來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We sat in Lily's sunroom while I sketched in the situation.
- 我們坐在莉莉的日光浴室里，我把目前形勢的細節情況又補充說明了一下。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He is the one man who could retrieve that situation.
- 他是唯一能挽回局面的人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian.
- 土耳其局勢將成為明天《衛報》的頭條。
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