Circumstance，英语单词，主要用作名词、动词。作动词时意为“处于某种情况”，作名词时意为“条件，情况，环境；境况，经济状况”等。

英 [ˈsɜːkəmstəns] 美 [ˈsɜːrkəmstæns]

n. 条件，情况，环境；境况，经济状况；详情，原委；命运，境遇

v. 处于某种情况

[ 复数 circumstances 第三人称单数 circumstances 现在分词 circumstancing 过去式 circumstanced 过去分词 circumstanced ]

柯林斯英汉双解大词典

circumstance /ˈsɜːkəmstəns/ CET4 TEM4

1.N-COUNT The circumstances of a particular situation are the conditions which affect what happens. 情形

2.N-PLURAL The circumstances of an event are the way it happened or the causes of it. 详情; 原委

3.N-PLURAL Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have. 境况 (尤指经济状况)

4.N-UNCOUNT Events and situations which cannot be controlled are sometimes referred to as circumstance. 命运; 客观环境

5.PHRASE You can emphasize that something must not or will not happen by saying that it must not or will not happen under any circumstances. 在任何情况下 [强调]

6.PHRASE 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. 在那种情况下

in the circumstances 在这种情况下；既然这样

under the circumstance 在这种情况下

in no circumstances 决不

under no circumstance 在任何情况下都不

under certain circumstance 在某种情况下

circumstance crime 情节犯

operation circumstance 运营环境 ; 使用条件 ; 工作环境

water circumstance 水环境

Attenuating circumstance 从轻处罚情节

certain circumstance 某种情况

Concrete Circumstance 具体情况