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Situate ˈsɪtʃueɪt Verb Sth Context Situ·Ate Formal Adv./Prep

The verb "situate" means to place something in a specific location or to understand it better by relating it to its context.

The verb "situate" means to place or build something in a specific location, or to relate an idea or event to its context to understand it better.

word situate
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Collins
situate
/sɪ̱tʃueɪt/
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[VERB 动词](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 you situate something such as an idea or fact in a particular context, you relate it to that context, especially in order to understand it better.
  [V n adv/prep]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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?


Oxford situ·ate / ˈsɪtʃueɪt ; NAmE ˈsɪtʃueɪt / verb ( formal) 1 situatesth + adv./prep. to build or place sth in a particular position 使位于;使坐落于 2 situatesth + adv./prep. to consider how an idea, event, etc. is related to other things that influence your view of it 将…置于;使联系 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。 situate situates situated situating situ·ate / ˈsɪtʃueɪt ; NAmE ˈsɪtʃueɪt /
LDC
situatesit‧u‧ate /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ verb [transitive] formal
Word Origin
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to describe or consider something as being part of something else or related to something elsesituate something in something The women have the opportunity to situate their own struggles in a wider historical context.
WDF

situate

[ˈsɪtʃueɪt]situated, situating, situates

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situated[1134]
坐落在(25%),位于 ... 的(25%),位于(25%),坐落在 ... 的(25%)
adj.位于…的
vt.使位于;使处于

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