circumstance

• n. 状況、事態、出来事、境遇

circum-、円、周囲、-stance、語源的にはstand、スタンド、位置と同じ。

circumstance

circumstance: see statue

circumstance (n.)

early 13c., "conditions surrounding and accompanying an event," from Old French circonstance "circumstance, situation," also literally, "outskirts" (13c., Modern French circonstance), from Latin circumstantia "surrounding condition," neuter plural of circumstans (genitive circumstantis), present participle of circumstare "stand around, surround, encompass, occupy, take possession of" from circum "around" (see circum-) + stare "to stand" from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). The Latin word is a loan-translation of Greek peristasis.

Meaning "a person's surroundings, environment" is from mid-14c. Meaning "a detail" is from c. 1300; sense of "that which is non-essential" is from 1590s. Obsolete sense of "formality about an important event" (late 14c.) lingers in Shakespeare's phrase pomp and circumstance ("Othello" III, iii).

1. You might say that we 've been victims of circumstance .

私たちはずっと運が悪かったと言ってもいいでしょう。

2.There are those，you know，who，by circumstance ，end up homeless.

知っているように、運命に翻弄されてホームレスになった人たちがいる。

3.Any unexpected circumstance that arises may catalyze a sudden escalation of violence.

いずれの突然の事態も暴力を急激にエスカレートさせる可能性がある。

4.You should soon accommodate yourself to the new circumstance .

できるだけ早く新しい環境に適応してください。

5.There is one important circumstance you have not mentioned.

もう1つ重要な詳細については言及していません。