3N-PLURAL [usually with poss]生活状况;境况;(尤指)经济状况 Your circumstances are the conditions of your life, especially the amount of money that you have. 生活状况;境况;(尤指)经济状况
...help and support for the single mother, whatever her circumstances.
不论单身母亲的经济状况如何均为其提供的帮助与扶持
I wouldn't have expected to find you in such comfortable circumstances.
4N-UNCOUNT 命运;机缘;客观环境 Events and situations which cannot be controlled are sometimes referred to as circumstance . 命运;机缘;客观环境
There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.
您知道,会有那么一些人,因为命运捉弄而落得无家可归。
You might say that we've been victims of circumstance.
你可以说我们一直不走运吧。
5PHRASE 在任何情况下;无论如何 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;无论如何 [emphasis]
Racism is wholly unacceptable under any circumstances.
无论在何种情况下,种族主义都是千万要不得的。
She made it clear that under no circumstances would she cancel the trip.
她明确表示,无论如何她都不会取消旅行。
6PHRASE 在那种情况下;情况既然如此 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;情况既然如此
Under the circumstances, a crash was unavoidable.
在那种情况下,撞车是难以避免的。
In the circumstances, Paisley's plans looked highly appropriate.