circumstance

condition, state, status, situation, circumstance

名词 circumstance:

1. a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
2. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event
   同义词：context
3. information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
   同义词：condition, consideration
4. formal ceremony about important occasions

1. He was forced by the circumstances to do this.
   他做此事是为环境所迫。
2. Due to circumstances beyond our control the lecture was cancelled.
   由于无法控制的情况，讲座取消了。

cir.cum.stance

n.（名词）
A condition or fact attending an event and having some bearing on it; a determining or modifying factor.
境遇：参与事件并与其有某种联系的条件或事实；决定因素或影响因素
A condition or fact that determines or must be considered in the determining of a course of action.
事实，情况：决定一个行动方案过程时必须考虑的条件或事实
Often circumstances The sum of determining factors beyond willful control:
常作 circumstances 客观形势，情况：除意志控制外的决定因素的总和：
例句：
a victim of circumstance; work that will begin on Monday if circumstances permit.
环境下的牺牲品；如果情况允许，工作从星期一开始

circumstances Financial status or means:
circumstances 经济状况或收入：
例句：
.Prior came of a good family, much reduced in circumstances.(George Sherburn)
.出身于良好家庭，现在境况不佳.(乔治·舍伯恩)

Detail accompanying or surrounding an event, as in a narrative or series of events.
详情，细节：伴随或围绕一个事件的细节，如在一个故事或系列事件中的
Formal display; ceremony:
典礼；仪式：
例句：
the pomp and circumstance of a coronation.
加冕仪式的盛况和排场

A particular incident or occurrence:
特定事件：
例句：
Your arrival was a fortunate circumstance.See Synonyms at occurrence
你的到来是命中注定的参见 occurrence

v.tr.（及物动词）
cir.cum.stanced,cir.cum.stanc.ing,cir.cum.stanc.es
To place in particular circumstances or conditions; situate.
使处于特定情况或条件下；使…置于

<习惯用语>under no circumstances
In no case; never.
无论如何不；决不
under the circumstances 或
in the circumstances
Given these conditions; such being the case.
在这些情况下；情况既然如此
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French circonstance
源自 古法语 circonstance
from Latin circumstantia
源自 拉丁语 circumstantia
from circumst3ns circumstant- [present participle of] circumst3re [to stand around]
源自 circumst3ns circumstant- [] circumst3re的现在分词 [站在周围]
circum- [circum-]
circum- [前缀，表.环绕.]
st3re [to stand] * see st3-
st3re [站立] *参见 st3-

Use of the idiomunder the circumstances is justified by both logic and reputable precedent,and objections to it must be accounted at best overfussy if not also,as H.W. Fowler put it, .puerile..
习语under the circumstances 的使用， 由逻辑和规范的先例两者来证明为正确，否则对于此点的反对至少会被看作过于咬文嚼字，正如福勒所评价的.幼稚.