situate

英 [ˈsɪtʃueɪt]

美 [ˈsɪtʃueɪt]

v.  使位于; 使坐落于; 将…置于; 使联系

过去分词：situated　第三人称单数：situates　现在分词：situating　过去式：situated　

TEM8

BNC.3529 / COCA.6400

牛津词典

verb

• 使位于；使坐落于
  to build or place sth in a particular position
• 将…置于；使联系
  to consider how an idea, event, etc. is related to other things that influence your view of it
  1. Let me try and situate the events in their historical context.
     我尽量把这些事件与其历史背景联系起来。

柯林斯词典

• VERB (尤指为了更好地理解某事)把…放在(特殊的环境中)，把…跟(具体情境)联系
  If yousituatesomething such as an idea or fact in a particular context, you relate it to that context, especially in order to understand it better.
  1. How do we situate Christianity in the context of modern physics and psychology?
     我们怎样把基督教放在现代物理学和心理学的背景下来考虑呢？

英英释义

verb

• put (something somewhere) firmly
  1. She posited her hand on his shoulder
  2. deposit the suitcase on the bench
  3. fix your eyes on this spot
  Synonym:fixpositdeposit
• determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
  1. Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space
  2. Locate the boundaries of the property
  Synonym:locate

双语例句

• I work for an international freight forwarding company and situate a senior position in their Norwegian daughter company.
  我在国际货运代理公司挪威子公司高级职位的工作。
• The council are trying to decide where to situate the new hospital.
  委员会正试图决定将新医院建在何处。
• He can't situate his recollection in any place or at any time.
  他想不起在什么地方，也想不起在什么时间了。
• And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
  你的交易通到许多的海岛。主耶和华如此说，推罗阿，你曾说，我是全然美丽的。
• Carefully situate the seedlings or sprouted cuttings in the container, securing them with additional soil where needed.
  小心把籽苗或发芽的插枝放在花盆中，需要的话用多一些土将它们固住。
• How do we situate Christianity in the context of modern physics and psychology?
  我们怎样把基督教放在现代物理学和心理学的背景下来考虑呢？
• They plan to situate their vegetable garden between the fence and the trees.
  他们打算将蔬菜园建在篱笆和树丛间。
• His works situate at the junction between art, architecture and engineering.
  他的作品是艺术、建筑和工程的结合。
• The company wants to situate its headquarters in London.
  公司想把总部设在伦敦。
• What better place to situate the Louvre, considered by many to be the world's best museum of art?
  还有什么更好的地方来安置这许多人心目中全世界最好的艺术博物馆罗浮宫呢？