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    Circumstance

    释义 Definition

    circumstance(名词):情况;环境;处境;(常用复数)境况/情形。常指围绕某件事发生的背景条件或当事人所处的具体情形。(另有“细节、事实依据”等用法,此处以最常见义为主。)

    发音 Pronunciation (IPA)

    /ˈsɝːkəmstæns/

    例句 Examples

    The police considered the circumstances carefully.
    警方仔细考虑了当时的情况。

    Under these circumstances, quitting would be a mistake, even if the pressure feels unbearable.
    在这种情况下,即使压力让人难以承受,辞职也会是个错误。

    词源 Etymology

    源自拉丁语 circumstantia,由 circum(“围绕”)+ stare(“站立”)构成,原意是“站在周围的事物/条件”,引申为“围绕某事的情形、背景与环境”。

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    文学作品 Literary Works

    • Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens
    • Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
    • Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë
    • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle
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