situation
英 [s?tj?'e??(?)n]
美[,s?t?u'e??n]
- n. 情况；形势；处境；位置
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词态变化
复数:?situations;
中文词源
situation 环境，情况，状况，形势
situate,坐落于，位于，-ion,名词后缀。引申词义环境，情况，状况，形势等。
英文词源
- situation (n.)
- early 15c., "place, position, or location," from Middle French situation or directly from Medieval Latin situationem (nominative situatio) "a position, situation," noun of action from past participle stem of situare "to place, locate" (see situate). Meaning "state of affairs" is from 1710; meaning "employment post" is from 1803.
双语例句
- 1. The Politburo has been meeting in Peking to discuss the situation.
- 政治局已在北京召开会议讨论形势。
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- 2. Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation.
- 官员们希望通过减少外国人入境的数量来使局势平定下来。
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- 3. We sat in Lily's sunroom while I sketched in the situation.
- 我们坐在莉莉的日光浴室里，我把目前形势的细节情况又补充说明了一下。
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- 4. He is the one man who could retrieve that situation.
- 他是唯一能挽回局面的人。
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- 5. The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian.
- 土耳其局势将成为明天《卫报》的头条。
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