名 border，boundary，place，area，condition ；

[例句] 货币兑换成本仍是跨境贸易的最大障碍之一。 Currency-conversion costs remain one of the biggest obstacles to cross-border trade.

[例句] 我方飞行员飞越敌境之后,我们向他询问情况. We debriefed our pilot after he had flown over the enemy's land.

environment，surroundings，circumstances，ambient，circumstance；

[例句] 他关心人类生存环境的改善。 He was concerned with the enhancement of the human condition.

[例句] 这势必让我更加下定决心融入周围环境。 It must have reinforced my determination to blend into my surroundings.

border，frontier ；

[例句] 匈牙利开放边境对难民来说是个转机。 Hungary's opening of the border was a turning point for the refugees.

[例句] 有报告说，新近有军队越过边境。 There are reports of fresh troop movements across the border.

leave the country，depart，exit，emigrate ；

[例句] 内政部通常会迅速地将不受欢迎人士驱逐出境。 The Home Office is usually quick to deport undesirables.

[例句] 该国领导将5名外国记者驱逐出境。 The country's leaders kicked five foreign journalists out of the country.

difficult position，predicament，straits，dilemma，a pretty pass ；

[例句] 这家航空公司亏损达3,500万美元，而澳航出资帮助其摆脱了困境。 The airline had losses of $35m and was bailed out by Qantas.

[例句] 你不得不承认，你事实上是陷入了困境。 You have to admit that you are, in fact, in difficulties.

state [frame] of mind，mental state，mood，frame of mind ；

[例句] 问题解决了,他的心境宁静了. The problem was settled and his mind was at peace.

[例句] 下棋时,我的心境处于很集中的状态. I have to be in the right frame of mind to play chess.

circumstances，one's lot，condition，plight ；

[例句] 我试图将先前的境遇从大脑中抹去。 I was trying to blank out previous situations from my mind.

[例句] 我讨厌手头拮据的境遇. I hate feeling fenced in by lack of money.

condition，circumstances，plight ；

[例句] 洛杉矶穷人的境况仍未得到改善。 Conditions for the poor in Los Angeles have not improved.

[例句] 一定有很多人处在我这种境况。 There must be any number of people in my position.

boundary，extent reached，plane attained，state，ambit ；

[例句] 独处是一种修得的境界。 Living alone is an acquired taste.

[例句] 卓别林扮演小流浪汉已达登峰造极的境界. Chaplin was at his best playing the little tramp.

the circumstances (one finds oneself in)，unfavourable situation，plight，place，spot ；

[例句] 她老是让自己的处境很尴尬。 She has a knack of landing herself right in the soup.

[例句] 我们陷入了难以言表的糟糕处境。 We were in a disaster situation that defies description.

awkward situation，plight，predicament，corner，quandary ；

[例句] 这将让我们陷入非常困难的经济窘境。 This will put us in a very difficult economic fix.

[例句] 那个场面很尴尬, 可她一笑摆脱了窘境. It was an embarrassing situation, but she managed to laugh it off.

[心理] dreamland，dreamworld，manifest content，dream，fantasyland；

[例句] 我好像生活在缥缈的梦境里。 It's as if I'm living in a hazy dream world.

[例句] 它存在于梦境而非现实中。 It exists in dreams rather than actuality.

fairyland，wonderland，paradise，elfland，faerie；

[例句] 玩具店是孩子们的仙境。 The toyshop is a fairyland for young children.

[例句] 那座花园是个繁花似锦、香气袭人的仙境. The garden was a fairyland of beautiful flowers and sweet odors.

dreamland，fairyland，phantasmagoria of dim，unreal shapes ；

[例句] 这简直是个幻境. This is a veritable fairyland.

[例句] 他看到了将来的太平日子的幻境. He saw visions of a halcyon future.

adversity，[计] adverse situation，[电影]Gyakkyo Nine；

[例句] 他在逆境中表现出了勇气。 He showed courage in adversity.

[例句] 面对逆境的勇气 courage in the face of adversity

hopeless situation，impasse，blind alley，cul-de-sac，Serbonian bog；

[例句] 然而现在他就在这里，在绝境中寻求联盟。 Yet now he was here, in extremis, to seek an alliance.

[例句] 纵令 身处绝境, 他仍保持自己的威严. Even in great adversity, he retained [ kept ] his majesty.

cross the boundary illegally，sneak in or out of a country ；

[例句] 他被诱骗越境,然后被当作间谍逮捕. He had been decoyed across the frontier and arrested as a spy.

[例句] 我知道你在将一些东西越境私运到国内. I know that you're smuggling things across this border.

context，language environment ；

[例句] 甚至看似毫无恶意的言辞在某些语境下都会引起冒犯。 Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts.

[例句] 在这一章的语境中，多尔的评论显得很尖刻。 In the context of this chapter, Dore's comments strike a jarring note.

circumstances，situation ；

[例句] 征税基本上是不受欢迎的，在一定情境中才勉强为人接受。 Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context.

[例句] 她陷入了招人嫉妒的情境。 She'd put herself in an invidious position.

hell ；

[例句] 去年，柯林斯写了一首动人的抒情歌曲，突出描绘了无家可归者的苦境。 Last year Collins wrote a moving ballad which highlighted the plight of the homeless.

[例句] 我有一种难改的怪脾气, 使我陷入各种各样的苦境中. I have a wreckless, wretched disposition that gets me into all sorts of hell.