Circumstance



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• n. 环境, 情况
• ［英］ n. 环境, 情况 ( condition connected with an event )
• ［记］ circum+stance ( 站) -> 站在周围 -> 环境

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstant-, circumstans, present participle of circumstare to stand around, from circum- + stare to stand — more at stand
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another ; an essential or inevitable concomitant <the weather is a circumstance to be taken into consideration
  • b. a subordinate or accessory fact or detail <cost is a minor circumstance in this case
  • c. a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event (as a crime) <the circumstance of the missing weapon told against him<the circumstances suggest murder
• 2.
  • a. the sum of essential and environmental factors (as of an event or situation) <constant and rapid change in economic circumstance — G. M. Trevelyan
  • b. state of affairs ; eventuality <open rebellion was a rare circumstance — often used in plural victim of circumstances
  • c. plural situation with regard to wealth <he was in easy circumstances<rose from difficult circumstances
• 3. attendant formalities and ceremonial <pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war — Shakespeare
• 4. an event that constitutes a detail (as of a narrative or course of events) <considering each circumstance in turn
• Synonyms: see occurrence

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