- a place where someone or something is located or has been put位置, 方位, 地点：
the distress call had given the ship's position
求救信号已经给出了船的方位
Mrs Snell had taken up her position on the bottom step of the stairs.
斯内尔夫人已经占据了楼梯最底下一个台阶的位置。
- mass noun the location where someone or something should be; the correct place原位; 正确位置：
the lid was put into position and screwed down
盖子已放到位, 且已经拧紧
make sure that no slates have slipped out of position.
确保没有石板滑出位。
- （常作positions）a place where part of a military force is posted for strategic purposes阵地：
the guns were shelling the German positions.
大炮在轰击德军阵地。
- a particular way in which someone or something is placed or arranged（身体的）姿势; 位置安排, 安置方式：
he moved himself into a reclining position
他移动身体成倾斜姿势
mass noun cramp forced her to change position.抽筋迫使她不得不变换姿势。
- the configuration of the pieces and pawns on the board at any point in a game of chess（国际象棋中的）布局。
- Music a particular location of the hand on the fingerboard of a stringed instrument【乐】把位：
be familiar with the first six positions across the four strings.
对四根弦的前六个把位很熟悉。
- Music the arrangement of the constituent notes of a chord【乐】和弦位置。
- a situation or set of circumstances, especially one that affects one's power to act处境, 状况：
the company's financial position is grim
该公司的财务状况很严峻
with infinitive we felt we were not in a position to judge the merits of the case.我们觉得我们不便判断该案例的优劣。
- mass noun the state of being placed where one has an advantage over one's rivals in a competitive situation有利地位：
sleek motor launches jostled for position.
那些造型优美的摩托艇争先恐后地占据有利泊位。
- a person's place or rank in relation to others, especially in a competitive situation位置; 排名：
he made up ground to finish in second position.
他赶了上来, 最后得了个第二名。
- mass noun high rank or social standing高位; 社会地位：
a woman of supposed wealth and position.
一位据说有财产有地位的女人。
- a job工作岗位：
she retired from her position as marketing director.
她从营销主任的工作岗位上退了下来。
- a person's particular point of view or attitude towards something观点, 立场：
the official US position on Palestine.
美国在巴勒斯坦问题上的官方立场。
- an investor's net holdings in one or more markets at a particular time; the status of an individual or institutional trader's open contracts头寸, 额度; 持有状态：
traders were covering short positions.
交易者在做短线持有。
- Logic a proposition laid down or asserted; a tenet or assertion【逻】命题; 原则, 主张。
- put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way安放, 放置; 安置：
he pulled out a chair and positioned it between them
他搬出一张椅子放在他们中间
she positioned herself on a bench.
她坐在一张长凳上面。
- promote (a product, service, or business) within a particular sector of a market, or as the fulfilment of that sector's specific requirements为（产品, 服务, 业务）打开销路; 确立（产品, 服务, 业务的）行业地位：
a comprehensive development plan which will position the city as a major economic force in the region.
将确定该城市为该地区主要经济力量的全面发展计划。
- with adj. and adverbial figurative portray or regard (someone) as a particular type of person〈喻〉将（某人）定位为：
I had positioned her as my antagonist.
我已经将她定位为我的对手。