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

• Although the primary focus remains the story of an evolution of America hegemony and world oil, I have attempted to situate the growth of America foreign oil policy and oil security strategy.
  尽管本文主要论述了美国霸权与世界石油的历史演变，但作者试图对美国对外石油政策和石油安全战略的变迁给予一个历史解析。
• The construction of Suzhou-to-Nantong Bridge and Shanghai-to-Nantong Railway and other major infrastructures will make Nangtong situate in Shanghai's "One-hour Economic Rim".
  苏通大桥及沪通铁路等重大交通基础设施的建设，将使南通真正的融入上海“一小时经济圈”。
• Everglades mainly situate in plain lake area on the middle and downstream reaches in Changjiang River basin.
  长江流域湿地主要集中在中下游平原湖区，三峡建库后中游水文情势将有所改变。
• 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。
• We will try to situate it in the history of art, comparing it to other artworks in various genres.
  我们会试图把它安置在艺术史中，拿它与各种流派的其他艺术品做比较。
• The company wants to situate its headquarters in London.
  公司想把总部设在伦敦。
• It's unclear ( and certainly poorly documented) to you how to situate it properly in context; a fully realized and well-designed piece of software.
  对于你来说如何将其合适的应用于你的上下文环境-一个完整实现并良好设计的软件-中来并不清楚（当然也是缺乏文档的）。
• Be sure to situate the image's meanings in the context of events taking place in the second half of1793.
  联系在1793年下半年发生的事件，明确这幅画的含义。
• 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。
• And lastly, I copied the tip of the finger off our original source and pasted it over the zipper's pull tab to situate the tab underneath.
  最后，我再把手指尖的部分复制下来覆盖出拉链的拉扣，这样手指就搭在了拉扣上。