circumstance

1. N-COUNT The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens. 情形

Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favour abortion under certain circumstances. 最近的民意调查显示60%的人赞同特定情况下的流产。

The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times. 在当时爆炸性的形势下，这一战略太危险了。

2. N-PLURAL The circumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it. 详情; 原委

I'm making inquiries about the circumstances of Mary Dean's murder. 我正在调查玛丽·迪安谋杀案的原委。

3. N-PLURAL Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have. 境况 (尤指经济状况)

...help and support for the single mother, whatever her circumstances. …提供给单身母亲的帮助和支持，无论她们的境况如何。

4. N-UNCOUNT Events and situations which cannot be controlled are sometimes referred to as circumstance. 命运; 客观环境

There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless. 你知道，有些人由于命运的原因最终变得无家可归。

5. PHRASE You can emphasize that something must not or will not happen by saying that it must not or will not happen under any circumstances. 在任何情况下[强调]

Racism is wholly unacceptable under any circumstances. 在任何情况下种族主义都是完全不能被接受的。

6. PHRASE You can use in the circumstances or under the circumstances before or after a statement to indicate that you have considered the conditions affecting the situation before making the statement. 在那种情况下

In the circumstances, Paisley's plans looked highly appropriate. 在那种情况下，佩斯利的计划看起来非常合适。