音标:[ˈsɜːkəmstəns; ˈsɜːkəmstɑːns; ˈsɜːkəmstæns] ;
n. 环境,情况;事件;境遇

circumstance的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He was forced by the circumstances to do this.他做此事是为环境所迫。
  2. The choice of technique is, therefore, a matter of preference, and in some cases circumstance.因此,技术的选择是偏好的问题,在某些情况下也与环境有关。
  3. I cannot recollect the exact circumstance.我总是想不起确实的情况。
  4. Your arrival was a fortunate circumstance.你的到来是命中注定的。
  5. Due to circumstances beyond our control the lecture was cancelled.由于无法控制的情况,讲座取消了。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. You should act according to circumstances.你要随机应变。
  2. He lives in poor circumstances.他生活在贫困的环境中。
  3. We can't judge what he did until we know all the circumstances.直到了解了所有的情况,我们才能对他的行为作出判断。
  4. Force of circumstance compelled us to close the business.环境的压力迫使我们把公司关了。
  5. The missing of the document was a grave circumstance.遗失了这份文件是个严重事件。
  6. Under no circumstances must you leave the house.你无论如何也不能离开这屋子。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • consider〔omit〕 a circumstance考虑〔遗漏〕一种情况
  • describe〔detail, explain〕 the circumstances说明情况
  • fit the circumstances符合情况
形容词+~
  • any circumstances任何情况
  • complicated circumstances复杂的情况
  • difficult circumstances艰苦的环境
  • financial circumstance经济状况
名词+~
  • family circumstances家境
介词+~
  • according to circumstances视情况而定
  • in easy circumstances舒适
  • in needy circumstances穷困
  • in no circumstances决不,无论如何也不
  • in present circumstances在目前的情况下
  • under the circumstances在这种情况下
~+介词
  • circumstances of the dispute〔quarrel〕争论〔争吵〕的情况

经典引文

  • We have nought but circumstances To charge her with, about her husband's death.

    出自:J. Webster
  • Who found himself in circumstances to which he was unequal.

    出自:J. A. Froude
  • A soldier has to change his mind when circumstances demand it.

    出自:L. P. Hartley
  • That men should die was a matter of necessity; which men should die, though, was a matter of circumstance.

    出自:J. Heller
  • When I next saw her, it was under entirely different circumstances.

    出自:J. Barth
  • Ernestina..was..a victim of circumstances.

    出自:J. Fowles
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