I wouldn't have expected to find you in such comfortable circumstances.
help and support for single parents, whatever their circumstances
Plenty of people live in worse circumstances than the men incarcerated in the prison.
Examples of 'circumstances' in a sentence
circumstances
It is not easy to be so bullish in such circumstances.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Now circumstances have tilted the scales back towards economics.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
When circumstances demanded it, he was a master at playing on a batsman's patience.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
These medics, in other words, did their job under enormously difficult circumstances.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Young was not writing in circumstances where his words made him a hero.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She says, rather startlingly under the circumstances, that he was corrupting her.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This is a case where there are exceptional circumstances.
The Sun (2008)
Under normal circumstances only the pilots have access to the cockpit.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The circumstances of his departure were not reported until last month.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Her circumstances are better than those of many students.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
circumstances
British English: circumstances /ˈsɜːkəmstənsɪz/ NOUN
Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have.
We offer help and support for the single mother, whatever her circumstances.
American English: circumstances
Arabic: ظُرُوف
Brazilian Portuguese: circunstâncias
Chinese: 境况
Croatian: okolnosti
Czech: okolnosti
Danish: omstændighederne
Dutch: omstandigheden
European Spanish: posición económica circunstancias
Finnish: olosuhteet
French: circonstances
German: Umstände
Greek: περιστάσεις
Italian: circostanze
Japanese: 事情
Korean: 환경
Norwegian: omstendigheter
Polish: okoliczności
European Portuguese: circunstâncias
Romanian: situație
Russian: обстоятельства
Latin American Spanish: posición económica
Swedish: omständigheter
Thai: สถานการณ์
Turkish: koşullar
Ukrainian: обставини
Vietnamese: hoàn cảnh
All related terms of 'circumstances'
circumstance
The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens .
current circumstances
The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens .
extreme circumstances
The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens .
personal circumstances
Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have.
present circumstances
The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens .
reduced circumstances
If you say that someone is living in reduced circumstances , you mean that they do not have as much money as they used to have.
attenuating circumstances
circumstances that may be considered to lessen the culpability of an offender
challenging circumstances
The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens .
extenuating circumstances
circumstances that render conduct less serious and thereby serve to reduce the damages to be awarded or the punishment to be imposed
in bad circumstances
(of a person) in a bad financial situation
individual circumstances
Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have.
in good circumstances
(of a person) in a good financial situation
mitigating circumstances
circumstances that may be considered to lessen the culpability of an offender
mysterious circumstances
The circumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it.
suspicious circumstances
The circumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it.
unforeseen circumstances
The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens .
the exact circumstances
The circumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it.
under no circumstances
in no case; never
under the circumstances
because of conditions; this being the case
under the circumstances/in the circumstances
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.
under any circumstances/under any circumstance
You can emphasize that something must not or will not happen by saying that it must not or will not happen under any circumstances .
Chinese translation of 'circumstances'
circumstances
(ˈsəːkəmstənsɪz)
n pl
(= conditions, state of affairs) 情况(況) (qíngkuàng)
[of accident, death]事实(實) (shìshí)
(= financial condition) 状(狀)况(況) (zhuàngkuàng)
in or under the circumstances在这(這)种(種)情况(況)下 (zài zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng xià)
under no circumstances决(決)不 (juébù)
All related terms of 'circumstances'
under no circumstances
决(決)不 juébù
given the circumstances ...
考虑(慮)到当(當)时(時)的情况(況) ... kǎolǜ dào dāngshí de qíngkuàng ...
in normal circumstances ...
在正常情况(況)下 ... zài zhèngcháng qíngkuàng xià ...
circumstances beyond our control
不在我们(們)控制之中的情况(況) bù zài wǒmen kòngzhì zhī zhōng de qíngkuàng