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circumstance

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  • Conjugation : past  circumstanced ; ing  circumstancing
  • Derivatives : adj  circumstanced
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

circumstance [ 'sɝkəm .stæns] [ 'səːkəmstəns]
  1. 1. noun （伴随的）情况，形势，现状，环境
    Circumstances alter cases
    【谚语】环境改变，人的行动也跟着改变。(或：人的举止因时地而异。)
  2. 2. noun （偶然）事件；事实
  3. 3. noun [复数形态时]境况，境遇（尤指经济状况，财力）
    in comfortable circumstances
    在舒适的生活环境中
  4. 4. noun 机会，命运
    Circumstance would have it so.
    命该如此。
  5. 5. noun 仪式，礼仪，形式，华饰
    pomp and circumstance
    排场，铺张
  6. 6. noun （有关）事项
  7. 7. noun （事情的）细节，详情，原委，始末
  8. 8. vt. 把…置于某种情况下

Collins English-English Dictionary

circumstance ['s3ːkəmstəns]
  1. 1. n [usually plural] a condition of time, place, etc, that accompanies or influences an event or condition
  2. 2. n an incident or occurrence, esp a chance one
  3. 3. n accessory information or detail
  4. 4. n formal display or ceremony (archaic except in the phrase pomp and circumstance)
  5. 5. vt. [tr] to place in a particular condition or situation
  6. 6. vt. [obsolete] to give in detail
  7. 7. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstare to stand around, from circum- + stare to stand
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Examples

Circumstance would have it so.
命该如此。 → circumstance
pomp and circumstance
排场，铺张 → circumstance
个人英雄主义在任何时候都要不得！
Selfish heroism should be abandoned in any circumstance! → 英雄主义

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