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

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