circumstance

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(shí)爆炸性的形勢(shì)下，這一戰(zhàn)略太危險(xiǎn)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(jì)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(wú)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(yùn); 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(yùn)的原因最終變得無(wú)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(qiáng)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?biāo)估挠?jì)劃看起來(lái)非常郃適。