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situation

資料來源 : pyDict

形勢,局面;位置,地點;職位,職務

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Situation \Sit`u*a"tion\, n. [LL. situatio: cf. F. situation.]
   1. Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as
      related to something else; position; locality site; as, a
      house in a pleasant situation.

   2. Position, as regards the conditions and circumstances of
      the case.

            A situation of the greatest ease and tranquillity.
                                                  --Rogers.

   3. Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or
      relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as
      of persons in a dramatic scene.

            There's situation for you! there's an heroic group!
                                                  --Sheridan.

   4. Permanent position or employment; place; office; as, a
      situation in a store; a situation under government.

   Syn: State; position; seat; site; station; post; place;
        office; condition; case; plight. See {State}.

資料來源 : WordNet®

situation
     n 1: the general state of things; the combination of
          circumstances at a given time; "the present
          international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how
          such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths
          will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh
          meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin
          D.Roosevelt [syn: {state of affairs}]
     2: a condition or position in which you find yourself; "the
        unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose
        between two evils"; "found herself in a very fortunate
        situation" [syn: {position}]
     3: a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous
        situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation";
        "no human situation is simple"
     4: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the
        sites are determined by highly specific sequences of
        nucleotides" [syn: {site}]
     5: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
        treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {berth}, {office}, {spot},
         {billet}, {place}]
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