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单词 unfortunate circumstance
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unfortunate circumstance

collocation in English

meaningsofunfortunateandcircumstance

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unfortunate
adjective
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/ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/us
/ʌnˈfɔːr.tʃən.ət/
unlucky or having ...
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circumstance
noun
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/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofunfortunateandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunfortunate circumstance

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Child benefit was introduced in the wake of the renewed emphasis on child poverty, in a political climate where children were pitied as victims ofunfortunatecircumstance.
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It is a veryunfortunatecircumstancefor a working-class woman with a growing family to be widowed.
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Does he agree that, if thatunfortunatecircumstancewere to come about, there might have to be yet another rethink?
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The concessions are very welcome and fair regarding death and the avoidance of a double tax in that ratherunfortunatecircumstance.
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Invariably when that happens there has been anunfortunatecircumstance.
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I am very glad to have elicited that statement, because it would have been a veryunfortunatecircumstance, and would have led to some feeling.
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It is anunfortunatecircumstancethat there is this congestion.
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He was the victim of anunfortunatecircumstancewhich ended up in the mincing machine of our court procedures.
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We shall look at the whole question of supervision of building materials, quality control and all the other matters that thisunfortunatecircumstanceraises.
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Given the grave difficulties that a party will face in such anunfortunatecircumstance, why is it essential to include such a barrier?
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There is one ratherunfortunatecircumstancein connection with this.
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That may be anunfortunatecircumstance, but it is worth weighing when considering the percentage by which commodities have risen.
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It is a matter ofunfortunatecircumstancethat, at least in some instances, the one may be able to impinge on the other.
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There is one particularlyunfortunatecircumstanceabout this situation.
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There was anunfortunatecircumstancein connection with two boys of 16 who were mentally unstable.
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It was owing to a mostunfortunatecircumstance.
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This is anunfortunatecircumstancewhich those of us who deal with own resources have to face.
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We are all agreed that we would not want anunfortunatecircumstanceto arise whereby a pilot might inadvertently contravene some other legislation.
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Only anunfortunatecircumstanceprevents my noble friend being here to explain again how the apportionment factor can be anomalous and even unjust.
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unique circumstance

collocation in English

meaningsofuniqueandcircumstance

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unique
adjective
uk
/juːˈniːk/us
/juːˈniːk/
being the only existing one of its type or, more generally, unusual, or special in ...
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofuniqueandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunique circumstance

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This knowledge presents auniquecircumstanceto patients; they must come to terms with living while dying.
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It was theuniquecircumstanceof the availability of a nationalised forest programme which enabled this to be done.
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I feel sure that theuniquecircumstancewas most agreeable to him whose soldierly instincts were so strong.
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A saving is such auniquecircumstancethat it seems to be worth talking about.
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Numerous individual criteria and checklists belittle the complexity of anxiety and the unique circumstances each individual confronts in his or her daily life.
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This followed unique circumstances, however, and is unlikely to be repeated.
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You referred to the point that relative stability and special unique circumstances cannot be taken into consideration.
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It adapted the main features of those privatisations to the unique circumstances of the railway industry.
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Only if these services are founded on strong common ground will we deliver services that are tailored to the individual's unique circumstances and condition.
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The unique circumstances in those areas and the importance of ferry services are perfectly apparent.
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It is important to understand fully the unique circumstances that led to its introduction.
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In fairness to both sides, it should be borne in mind that he was operating in unique circumstances.
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Again, those in the armed forces are in unique circumstances.
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It is against that background, and the unique circumstances of the manpower regime in this industry, that clause 1 is necessary.
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The exemption of the armed forces was in recognition of the unique circumstances of service life.
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Of course, normally, limits apply to candidates and not parties, but this election creates unique circumstances.
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No amount of money can ever compensate for the unique circumstances of the bereavement suffered by war widows.
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That reinforces the point that—except in the unique circumstances of transfer from sovereign to sovereign the usual tax system operates.
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The degree of heinousness of a crime can be considered only in the unique circumstances of each offence.
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