circumstance

英 ['s??k?mst(?)ns] 美['s?k?mst?ns]

TEM4CET4IELTSTOEFLCET6中頻詞常用詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?circumstances;

1. 圈子之內(nèi)的環(huán)境、情況。

circumstance 狀況

circum-,圈，周圍，-stance,詞源同stand,站立，位置。

circumstance: circumstance: see statue
circumstance (n.): early 13c., "conditions surrounding and accompanying an event," from Old French circonstance "circumstance, situation," also literally, "outskirts" (13c., Modern French circonstance), from Latin circumstantia "surrounding condition," neuter plural of circumstans (genitive circumstantis), present participle of circumstare "stand around, surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of" from circum "around" (see circum-) + stare "to stand" from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). The Latin word is a loan-translation of Greek peristasis.

Meaning "a person's surroundings, environment" is from mid-14c. Meaning "a detail" is from c. 1300; sense of "that which is non-essential" is from 1590s. Obsolete sense of "formality about an important event" (late 14c.) lingers in Shakespeare's phrase pomp and circumstance ("Othello" III, iii).

1. You might say that we've been victims of circumstance.: 你可以說(shuō)我們一直不走運(yùn)吧。

2. There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.: 您知道，會(huì)有那么一些人，因?yàn)槊\(yùn)捉弄而落得無(wú)家可歸。

3. Any unexpected circumstance that arises may catalyze a sudden escalation of violence.: 任何突如其來(lái)的情況都可能造成暴力驟然升級(jí)。

4. You should soon accommodate yourself to the new circumstance.: 你應(yīng)盡快適應(yīng)新環(huán)境.

5. There is one important circumstance you have not mentioned.: 還有一件重要的細(xì)節(jié)你沒(méi)提到.