circumstance
/ˈsəːkəmst(ə)ns/
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cir - cum - stance -> circumstance
(n) အခြေအနေ။ (တစ်ဦးတစ်ယောက်၏) ငွေရေးကြေးရေး အခြေအနေ။ အခြေအနေအရ။ ဘယ်တော့မှ။ ဘယ်လိုမှ။ ဘာကြောင့်မှ။
circumstance /'sɜ:kǝmstǝns, -stɑ:ns, -stæns/ n
၁။ [C usu pl ] အခြေအနေ။
What were the circumstances of/surrounding her death? (ie Where, when and how did she die?) ❍ She was found dead in suspicious circumstances (ie She may have been murdered). ❍ He was a victim of circumstance(s) (ie What happened to him was beyond his control). ❍ Force of circumstance caused us (ie Circumstances forced us) to leave London.
၂။ circumstances [pl] (fml ) (တစ်ဦးတစ်ယောက်၏) ငွေရေးကြေးရေး အခြေအနေ။
What are his circumstances? ❍ She was widowed and living in reduced/straitened circumstances (ie with very little money).
❏ in/under the circumstances [IDM ] အခြေအနေအရ။ Under the circumstances (eg Because the salary offered was too low) he felt unable to accept the job. ❍ She coped well in the circumstances (eg even though she was feeling ill).
❏ in/under no circumstances [IDM ] ဘယ်တော့မှ။ ဘယ်လိုမှ။ ဘာကြောင့်မှ။
Under no circumstances should you lend him any money.
- The circumstances surrounding the child’s death are being investigated.
- The circumstances of this case are unusual.
- [under/in...circumstances] : Cancellation under certain circumstances is covered by your travel insurance policy.
- Under different circumstances she might have been able to appreciate the irony of it.
- In exceptional circumstances students may take examinations at Head Office.
- [not under/in any circumstances] : I would never in any circumstances dream of comparing her with you.
- Under no circumstances will we agree to splitting up the company.
- [under/considering/given the circumstances] : It’s amazing that they did so well under the circumstances.
- It is very important to make a will, whatever your circumstances.
- [family circumstances] : Problems caused by unemployment, divorce, or some unusual family circumstances
- [a change in circumstances] : You are obliged by law to notify the agency of any change in circumstances.
- [a victim of circumstance] : Joanne has been more a victim of circumstance than anything else.
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