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.
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