Situation
[sɪtjʊ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or [,sɪtʃu'eʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
伯特兰校對
同義詞及近義詞:
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
同義詞及反義詞:
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
編輯:卡蒂
例句/造句/用法:
- There is something terribly appalling in our situation, yet my courage and hopes do not desert me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- With his usual thoughtfulness, he had provided for her independence in this situation. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She saw clearly enough the whole situation, yet she was fettered: she could not smite the stricken soul that entreated hers. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- She had not thought of her own situation at all: she was simply engrossed in trying to put a little order in theirs. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Once the grotesqueness of the situation accepted, she had seen at a glance that it was the safest in which Dorset could find himself. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Paler than marble, with white lips and convulsed features, Idris became aware of my situation. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Their situation was awkward enough; but _hers_ she thought was still worse. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Important witnesses; saw you in a delicate situation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Her life was ebbing fast, when her friends acceded to her earnest desire to be removed to a more airy situation. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The rent of land not only varies with its fertility, whatever be its produce, but with its situation, whatever be its fertility. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Recourse to the primitive may furnish the fundamental elements of the present situation in immensely simplified form. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Ladies,' roared Mr. Pickwick, rendered desperate by the danger of his situation. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- They are subordinate to the situation, therefore, not the situation to them. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- You will understand me better after that, and our situation will not be so wretched as it is now. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- It was very funny, full of amusing and absurd situations; but Gould never smiled once. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- How little practice he had had in dealing with unusual situations! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- These three relations are identity, the situations in time and place, and causation. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Nor I, answered Marianne with energy, our situations then are alike. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- There is a definite way of understanding the situations in which the habit operates. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- You have, undoubtedly; and there are situations in which very high spirits would denote insensibility. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He is developing his idea gradually in a series of positions or situations. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- But usually--at least in complicated situations--acting upon it brings to light conditions which had been overlooked. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Till they are applied in these situations they lack full point and reality. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- 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. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Except in particular situations, therefore, the rent of corn land regulates in Europe that of all other cultivated land. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- If _we_ set the example, many will follow it as far as they can; though all have not our situations. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Recognition of the natural course of development, on the contrary, always sets out with situations which involve learning by doing. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- To rant, to rave, to be tragic, to make situations--it was all too late. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- They are standpoints and methods for dealing with situations of experience. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
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