单词 | circumstance |
释义 | cir·cum·stance ![]() n. 1. A condition or fact attending an event and having some bearing on it; a determining or modifying factor: set out a day early because of favorable circumstances. 2. The sum of determining factors beyond willful control: a victim of circumstance. 3. circumstances Financial status or means: "Prior came of a good family, much reduced in circumstances" (George Sherburn). 4. Formal display; ceremony: the pomp and circumstance of a coronation. 5. A particular incident or occurrence: Your arrival was a fortunate circumstance. tr.v. cir·cum·stanced, cir·cum·stanc·ing, cir·cum·stanc·es Idioms: To place in particular circumstances or conditions; situate. under no circumstances In no case; never. under/in the circumstances Given these conditions; such being the case. [Middle English, from Old French circonstance, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstāns, circumstant-, present participle of circumstāre, to stand around : circum-, circum- + stāre, to stand; see stā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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