Situation
[sɪtjʊ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or [,sɪtʃu'eʃən]
解释:
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) 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.Roosevelt.
(noun.) a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; 'the dangerous situation developed suddenly'; 'that's quite a situation'; 'no human situation is simple'.
整理:普雷斯利--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.
(n.) Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of the case.
(n.) Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene.
(n.) Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a situation in a store; a situation under government.
伯特兰校对
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Place, locality, station, location, site, position, seat, ground, spot.[2]. Condition, state, plight, case, predicament, category, circumstances.[3]. Post, station, office, BERTH, employment.
整理:莎丽
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Locality, position, top, {[litmjihy]?}, site, seat, post, place, condition,residence, aspect, footing, office, birth, plight, predicament, standing
ANT:Non-situation, non-location, absence, nonassignment, unfixedness, displacement,dislodgment
编辑:卡蒂
例句:
- There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- With his usual thoughtfulness, he had provided for her independence in this situation. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- She saw clearly enough the whole situation, yet she was fettered: she could not smite the stricken soul that entreated hers. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- She had not thought of her own situation at all: she was simply engrossed in trying to put a little order in theirs. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Once the grotesqueness of the situation accepted, she had seen at a glance that it was the safest in which Dorset could find himself. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Paler than marble, with white lips and convulsed features, Idris became aware of my situation. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Their situation was awkward enough; but _hers_ she thought was still worse. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Important witnesses; saw you in a delicate situation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I have told your ladyship that I should be placed in a very disagreeable situation if any complaint was made, and all is in strict confidence. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The rent of land not only varies with its fertility, whatever be its produce, but with its situation, whatever be its fertility. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Recourse to the primitive may furnish the fundamental elements of the present situation in immensely simplified form. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Ladies,' roared Mr. Pickwick, rendered desperate by the danger of his situation. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- They are subordinate to the situation, therefore, not the situation to them. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- You will understand me better after that, and our situation will not be so wretched as it is now. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- It was very funny, full of amusing and absurd situations; but Gould never smiled once. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- How little practice he had had in dealing with unusual situations! 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- These three relations are identity, the situations in time and place, and causation. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Nor I, answered Marianne with energy, our situations then are alike. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- There is a definite way of understanding the situations in which the habit operates. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- You have, undoubtedly; and there are situations in which very high spirits would denote insensibility. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- He is developing his idea gradually in a series of positions or situations. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- But usually--at least in complicated situations--acting upon it brings to light conditions which had been overlooked. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Till they are applied in these situations they lack full point and reality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- In some particular local situations it is quite otherwise, and the rent and profit of grass are much superior to what can be made by corn. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Except in particular situations, therefore, the rent of corn land regulates in Europe that of all other cultivated land. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- If _we_ set the example, many will follow it as far as they can; though all have not our situations. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Recognition of the natural course of development, on the contrary, always sets out with situations which involve learning by doing. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- To rant, to rave, to be tragic, to make situations--it was all too late. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- They are standpoints and methods for dealing with situations of experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
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