situate是什么意思？

situate

英[ˈsɪtʃueɪt] 美[ˈsɪtʃuˌet]

• vt. 使位于，使处于…地位（位置）；

第三人称单数：situates;

过去式：situated;

过去分词：situated;

现在分词：situating;

例句

• 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？
• The company wants to situate its headquarters in the north. 公司想把总部设在北方.
• 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.
• They are trying to decide where to situate the hospital. 他们正设法确定医院的修建地点.

同义词解析

• 以下这些动词均包含 "位于" 的意思
  situate：通常用过去分词作表语，指某城镇、乡村或某物等的地理位置与环境的关系，即在何处。
  lie：最常用词，不及物，指国家、城镇、道路、湖海等所处的位置。
  stand：多指建筑物等被想象为主体的物体立于某处。

英语六级真题

It is situated at the foot of a beautiful mountain.
出自-2013年12月听力原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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 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.
  例句
  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？

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  使位于, 使处于…地位(位置)
  They are trying to decide where to situate the hospital. 他们正设法确定医院的修建地点。

英英词典释义

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