• n. 位置，方位；职位，工作；姿态；站位
• vt. 安置；把……放在适当位置

来自拉丁语positus,放置的，来自ponere的过去分词，词源同component,composite.引申词义位置，观点，态度等。

position

position: [15] Position comes via Old French from Latin positiō, a noun formed from posit-, the past participial stem of Latin pōnere ‘put, place’. This was also the source of English posit [17], positive [13] (which etymologically means ‘placed down, laid down’, hence ‘emphatically asserted’), post (in the senses ‘mail’ and ‘job’), and posture [17].

And in addition it lies behind a wealth of English verbs (compose, depose, dispose [14], expose [15], impose, interpose [16], oppose, repose, suppose, transpose [14], etc) whose form underwent alteration by association with late Latin pausāre ‘stop’ (see POSE); postpone exceptionally has retained its link with pōnere.
=> compose, depose, dispose, expose, impose, oppose, positive, post, postpone, repose, suppose, transpose

position (n.)

late 14c., as a term in logic and philosophy, from Old French posicion "position, supposition" (Modern French position), from Latin positionem (nominative positio) "act or fact of placing, situation, position, affirmation," noun of state from past participle stem of ponere "put, place," from PIE *po-s(i)nere, from *apo- "off, away" (see apo-) + *sinere "to leave, let" (see site).

Meaning "proper place occupied by a person or thing" is from 1540s. Meaning "manner in which some physical thing is arranged or posed" first recorded 1703; specifically in reference to dance steps, 1778, sexual intercourse, 1883. Meaning "official station, employment" is from 1890.

position (v.)

1670s, "to assume a position (intransitive), from position (n.). Transitive sense of "to put in a particular position" is recorded from 1817. Related: Positioned; positioning.

1. They may headhunt her for the vacant position of Executive Producer.

他们可能会挖她去填补执行制片人这一空缺职位。

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2. There must be any number of people in my position.

一定有很多人处在我这种境况。

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3. Mack seemed to uncoil slowly up into a standing position.

麦克慢慢直起身站了起来。

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4. The film takes no position on the politics of Northern Ireland.

这部电影未在北爱尔兰政治问题上选择站边。

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5. Adjust the aerial's position and direction for the best reception.

调整天线的位置和方向以达到最佳接收效果。

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