situation
英[sɪtjʊ'eɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,sɪtʃu'eʃən]
- n. 情况；形势；处境；位置
英英释意
- 1. the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time;
- "the present international situation is dangerous"
- "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"
- "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
- 2. a condition or position in which you find yourself;
- "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"
- "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
- 3. a complex or critical or unusual difficulty;
- "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"
- "that's quite a situation"
- "no human situation is simple"
- 4. physical position in relation to the surroundings;
- "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
- 5. a job in an organization;
- "he occupied a post in the treasury"