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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- circumstance
[ˈsɜːkəmstəns]
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1.
n.[c]
情况，情形
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The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death.
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警察们正在调查死者周围的情况。
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2.
n.[c]
环境，背景
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Those events were the product of particular historical circumstances.
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那些事件是特殊历史条件的产物。
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3.
n.[c]
要考虑的事情
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The policies will vary depending on the circumstances in each country.
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政策会根据每个国家不同的经济状况而作出改变。
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4.
n.[u]
仪式，典礼，排场
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Funerals of very famous people are always conducted with great pomp and circumstance.
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著名人士的葬礼通常会举办得十分盛大壮观。
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5.
n.[c]
[Plural]
经济状况，境况
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6.
n.[c]
事件，事情，事实
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7.
n.[u]
命运
Collins English-English Dictionary
- circumstance
['s3ːkəmstəns]
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1.
n
[usually plural]
a condition of time, place, etc, that accompanies or influences an event or condition
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2.
n
an incident or occurrence, esp a chance one
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3.
n
accessory information or detail
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4.
n
formal display or ceremony (archaic except in the phrase pomp and circumstance)
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to place in a particular condition or situation
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6.
vt.
[obsolete]
to give in detail
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7.
vt.
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstare to stand around, from circum- + stare to stand
Examples
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Circumstance would have it so.
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命该如此。
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pomp and circumstance
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排场，铺张
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I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling.
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我感到，提及这种情况可能显得小题大做。
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个人英雄主义在任何时候都要不得！
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Selfish heroism should be abandoned in any circumstance!
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