situation
- n.情况;状况;形势;局面;职业;(建筑物或城镇的)地理位置，环境特点;工作岗位
复数： situations
situat(e) 使位于 + -ion 行为,状态
situationnoun
情况；状况；形势；局面
all the circumstances and things that are happening at a particular time and in a particular place
to be in a difficult situation
处境困难
You could get into a situation where you have to decide immediately.
你可能遇上一种情况，使你不得不立刻作出决定。
We have all been in similar embarrassing situations.
我们都遇到过类似的尴尬局面。
the present economic/financial/political, etc. situation
目前的经济、财政、政治等形势
He could see no way out of the situation.
他找不到摆脱困境的出路。
In your situation, I would look for another job.
假如我是你的话，我会另找工作。
What we have here is a crisis situation.
我们在这里所面临的是一个危急局面。
I'm in a no-win situation (= whatever I do will be bad for me) .
我处在一种注定要失败的境地。
（建筑物或城镇的）地理位置，环境特点
the kind of area or surroundings that a building or town has
The town is in a delightful situation in a wide green valley.
小城坐落在一个宽阔而草木苍翠的河谷中，环境宜人。
职业；工作岗位
a job
Situations Vacant (= the title of the section in a newspaper where jobs are advertised)
招聘（报刊中的招聘广告栏）
These are all words for the conditions and facts that are connected with and affect the way things are.以上各词均指情况、状况。
all the things that are happening at a particular time and in a particular place指情况、状况、形势、局面：
the present economic situation
目前的经济形势
the facts that are connected with and affect a situation, an event or an action; the conditions of a person's life, especially the money they have指条件、环境、状况、境况、（尤指）经济状况：
The ship sank in mysterious circumstances.
那艘船神秘地沉没了。
the situation that sb is in, especially when it affects what they can and cannot do指处境、地位、状况：
She felt she was in a position of power.
她觉得她自己有权力。
the circumstances in which people live, work or do things; the physical situation that affects how sth happens指居住、工作或做事情的环境、境况、条件，影响某事发生的物质环境、状态、条件：
We were forced to work outside in freezing conditions.
我们被迫在户外天寒地冻的环境下工作。
Circumstances refers to sb's financial situation; conditions are things such as the quality and amount of food or shelter they have. The circumstances that affect an event are the facts surrounding it; the conditions that affect it are usually physical ones, such as the weather. |
the true situation指实情、事实：
If that is the case (= if the situation described is true) , we need more staff.
如果真是那样，我们就需要更多的员工了。
a situation指事态、情况、形势：
How did this unhappy state of affairs come about?
这种不幸的情况是怎么发生的呢？
State of affairs is mostly used with this . It also occurs with adjectives describing how good or bad a situation is, such as happy , sorry , shocking , sad and unhappy , as well as those relating to time, such as present and current . Situation is much more frequent and is used in a wider variety of contexts. |
situation
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N-COUNT 形势;情况;局面
You use situation to refer generally to what is happening in a particular place at a particular time, or to refer to what is happening to you.Army officers said the situation was under control...
陆军军官称局面已经得到了控制。
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N-COUNT (建筑物、城镇的)位置,环境
The situation of a building or town is the kind of surroundings that it has.The garden is in a beautiful situation on top of a fold in the rolling Hampshire landscape.
这座花园位于地势连绵起伏的汉普郡的一处山岗上，环境十分优美。
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PHRASE (报纸上的招聘广告栏或招聘页标题)招聘
Situations Vacant is the title of a column or page in a newspaper where jobs are advertised. -
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- a job in an organization
- he occupied a post in the treasury
- Synonym: position post berth office spot billet place
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- physical position in relation to the surroundings
- the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides
- Synonym: site
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- a condition or position in which you find yourself
- the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils
- found herself in a very fortunate situation
- Synonym: position
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- the general state of things;the combination of circumstances at a given time
- the present international situation is dangerous
- wondered how such a state of affairs had come about
- eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevel
- Synonym: state of affairs
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- a complex or critical or unusual difficulty
- the dangerous situation developed suddenly
- that's quite a situation
- no human situation is simple
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In this situation time is of the essence .
在这种情况下，时间是至关重要的。
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In essence , your situation isn 't so different from mine .
从本质上讲，你我的情况并非相差很远。
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The government will review the situation later in the year .
政府将在今年晚些时候重新检讨形势。
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The government will review the situation later in the year .
政府将在今年晚些时候对形势重新加以研究。
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It was a difficult situation , when you think about it .
仔细想来，当时处境是很困难的。
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The situation was more complicated than they had at first realized .
形势比他们最初意识到的更为复杂。
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The situation might all too easily have become a disaster .
这形势本来是很可能成为一场大灾难的。
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The situation required that he should be present .
这种情形需要他在场。
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She showed great perception in her assessment of the family situation .
她对家庭状况的分析显示出敏锐的洞察力。
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It suddenly struck me how we could improve the situation .
我一下子明白我们如何能改善局面了。
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What we have here is a crisis situation .
我们在这里所面临的是一个危急局面。
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It took time until the political situation had normalized .
政治局势过了很长时间才恢复正常。
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The war diverted people 's attention away from the economic situation .
战争把民众的注意力从经济状况上移开了。
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The situation is beyond our control .
我们已无法控制这一局面。
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You could get into a situation where you have to decide immediately .
你可能遇上一种情况，使你不得不立刻作出决定。
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This situation can be influenced by a multiplicity of different factors .
当前的形势可能受到各种不同因素的影响。
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It 's good you can see the funny side of the situation .
你能看到情况可笑的一面，这很好。
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The situation is not good but we live in hope that it will improve .
情况不好，但我们依然希望会好转。
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The chairman tried to take the heat out of the situation .
主席尽力平息人们的激奋情绪。
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The situation has changed somewhat since we last met .
自我们上次见面以来情况有些变化。
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His assessment of the situation was spot on .
他对形势的判断完全准确。
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That 's the situation ─ like it or lump it !
情况就是这样——不管你高兴还是不高兴！
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Politicians put their own spin on the economic situation .
政治家们对经济形势各执一词。
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Different levels of formality are appropriate in different situations .
不同程度的注重礼节适用于不同场合。
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It introduced an element of randomness into the situation .
这就为形势增加了一种不确定因素。
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She is exploiting the current situation for her own ends .
她在利用目前的形势来达到自己的目的。
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It is interesting to compare their situation and ours .
把他们的状况与我们的相比很有意思。
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The situation is unprecedented in modern times .
这种情况在现代还没有出现过。
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We provide help to families in crisis situations .
我们对处于困境的家庭提供帮助。
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A job interview is a very artificial situation .
求职面试是一个非常不自然的场面。
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