be in a position to do something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe in a position to do somethingbe in a position to do somethingCANto be able to do something because you have the ability, money, or power to do it When I know all the facts, I’ll be in a position to advise you. → positionExamples from the Corpusbe in a position to do something• Maybe next year we'll be in a better position to buy a house.• Well, given her appalling record, she's not in any position to criticize my work.• When I've read the whole report I'll be in a better position to comment.• This is quite unreasonable as the pilot should always be in a position to recover and make a normal landing.• Then they'd be in a position to tell their parents what had happened.• So few will ever be in a position to appreciate the magnitude of what has been lost.• Only the governor is now in a position to stop the execution.• The strange metallic noises continued at intervals, whenever he was in a position to hear them.• The proxy must be in a position to filter dangerous URLs and malformed commands.• More than a generation has passed since the child of a sitting president was in a position to apply to college.• In the case of the parents, they are unlikely to be in a position to make a rational judgement.• We just happen to be in a position to do something about it.• We will have to run more tests before we are in a position to say whether the document is authentic or not.• Once the loan is paid off, Jones will be in a position to run the casino himself.

单词	be in a position to do something
释义	be in a position to do something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe in a position to do somethingbe in a position to do somethingCANto be able to do something because you have the ability, money, or power to do it When I know all the facts, I’ll be in a position to advise you. → positionExamples from the Corpusbe in a position to do something• Maybe next year we'll be in a better position to buy a house.• Well, given her appalling record, she's not in any position to criticize my work.• When I've read the whole report I'll be in a better position to comment.• This is quite unreasonable as the pilot should always be in a position to recover and make a normal landing.• Then they'd be in a position to tell their parents what had happened.• So few will ever be in a position to appreciate the magnitude of what has been lost.• Only the governor is now in a position to stop the execution.• The strange metallic noises continued at intervals, whenever he was in a position to hear them.• The proxy must be in a position to filter dangerous URLs and malformed commands.• More than a generation has passed since the child of a sitting president was in a position to apply to college.• In the case of the parents, they are unlikely to be in a position to make a rational judgement.• We just happen to be in a position to do something about it.• We will have to run more tests before we are in a position to say whether the document is authentic or not.• Once the loan is paid off, Jones will be in a position to run the casino himself.
随便看	the imperfect the implication of the implication of in the implication of somebody (in something) the importance of the importance of something the impossible the in crowd the in-crowd the Inca the incarnation of the Incas the Incas, the Inca the inconvenience of the inconvenience of (doing) something the inconvenience of doing the incorrect answer the incrowd the incumbent government etc the incumbent president etc the incumbent president/priest/government etc the incumbent priest etc the Indian Premier League the indignity of the indignity of (doing) something