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}]