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单词	circumstance
释义	cir·cum·stance \ˈsərkəmzˌtan(t)s, ˈsə̄k-, ˈsəik-, -mˌst-, -taa(ə)n-, -tain- Brit usually & US also -_tən- or -_stən-; sometimes -ˌtȧn- or -ˌstȧn-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin circumstantia, from circumstant-, circumstans, present participle of circumstare to stand around, from circum- + stare to stand — more at stand 1. a. : a specific part, phase, or attribute of the surroundings or background of an event, fact, or thing or of the prevailing conditions in which it exists or takes place : a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another : an adjunct or concomitant that is present or logically likely to be present < it was late but he overlooked that circumstance > < the time, place, and other circumstances of an action > < the circumstance that the man was happy raised the presumption that he was prosperous enough > < every circumstance of calculated and characteristic … treachery — Sir Winston Churchill > b. : a subordinate detail : an adventitious nonessential fact or detail < the gist of the matter, not the circumstances > 2. a. : the total complex of essential attributes and attendant adjuncts of a fact or action : the sum of essential and environmental characteristics : arrangement, situation, composition, or nature of an event or thing — usually used in singular without the indefinite article and rarely with the definite article < constant and rapid change in economic circumstance, social custom, and intellectual atmosphere — G.M.Trevelyan > b. : occurrence, eventuality < the unofficial minority voted solidly against a government measure — a rare circumstance — W.T.Stace > c. : an evidential condition on the basis of which an event (as a crime) may be inferred or an accusation made probable or improbable < the circumstances of the case indicate murder > < the circumstances tell against the accused > d. : surroundings or situation as regards wealth, property, assured income — usually used in plural < a bachelor in easy circumstances with a large inheritance to draw on > e. obsolete : a likely appurtenance : a characteristic property 3. : formalities and ritualistic display especially as contrasted with essential procedure : attendant ceremonial < pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war — Shakespeare > < with appropriate ducal and episcopal circumstance — Francis Hackett > 4. in a narrative : circumstantial detail < stress circumstance rather than action in a novel > 5. : an occurrence or fact viewed as a detail in a larger continuum < the conqueror weeping for new worlds or the like circumstances in history — Joseph Addison > 6. : chance, fate < a training in self-reliance, endurance, and indifference to circumstance — Geographical Review > < a mere victim of circumstance — Fritz Stern > Synonyms: see occurrence • - in the circumstances - not a circumstance to - under no circumstances
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