1 N-COUNT [usually plural] 情况;情形;形势 The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens. 情况;情形;形势
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Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances.
最近的民意调查显示，60%的人赞成在某些情况下可以堕胎。
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The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times.
在当时那种一触即发的形势下，采取那样的策略太危险了。
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I wish we could have met under happier circumstances.
我真希望我们是在更愉快的情况下相识的。
2 N-PLURAL （事件发生的）情形，详情，原委 The circumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it. （事件发生的）情形，详情，原委
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I'm making inquiries about the circumstances of Mary Dean's murder. [+ of]
我在调查玛丽·迪安谋杀案的详情。
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Hundreds of people had died there in terrible circumstances during and after the revolution.
在革命期间和其后的恶劣形势下，那里有成百上千的人死去。
SYN detail, fact, event, particular
3 N-PLURAL [usually with poss] 生活状况;境况;(尤指)经济状况 Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have. 生活状况;境况;(尤指)经济状况
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...help and support for the single mother, whatever her circumstances.
不论单身母亲的经济状况如何均为其提供的帮助与扶持
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I wouldn't have expected to find you in such comfortable circumstances.
我怎么也没有想到你生活这么优裕。
SYN situation, state, means, position
4 N-UNCOUNT 命运;机缘;客观环境 Events and situations which cannot be controlled are sometimes referred to as circumstance . 命运;机缘;客观环境
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There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.
您知道，会有那么一些人，因为命运捉弄而落得无家可归。
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You might say that we've been victims of circumstance.
你可以说我们一直不走运吧。
5 PHRASE 在任何情况下;无论如何 You can emphasize that something must not or will not happen by saying that it must not or will not happen under any circumstances . 在任何情况下;无论如何 [emphasis]
6 PHRASE 在那种情况下;情况既然如此 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. 在那种情况下;情况既然如此
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Under the circumstances, a crash was unavoidable.
在那种情况下，撞车是难以避免的。
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In the circumstances, Paisley's plans looked highly appropriate.
佩斯利所拟定的计划在当时的情况下看来非常恰当。
Word PartnershipWord Link
| Word Partnership | Use circumstance with: |
| PREP. | under the circumstances 1 2 |
| ADJ. | certain circumstances, different/similar circumstances, difficult circumstances, exceptional circumstances 1 2 3 |
| Word Link | circum ≈ around : circumcise, circumference, circumstance |
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