1、circumstance

情况;情形;形势

Recent opinion polls show that 60 percent favor abortion under certain circumstances.

最近的民意调查显示，60%的人赞成在某些情况下可以堕胎。

The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times.

在当时那种一触即发的形势下，采取那样的策略太危险了。

（事件发生的）情形，详情，原委

I'm making inquiries about the circumstances of Mary Dean's murder.

我在调查玛丽·迪安谋杀案的详情。

Hundreds of people had died there in terrible circumstances during and after the revolution.

在革命期间和其后的恶劣形势下，那里有成百上千的人死去。

生活状况;境况;(尤指)经济状况

help and support for the single mother, whatever her circumstances.

不论单身母亲的经济状况如何均为其提供的帮助与扶持

I wouldn't have expected to find you in such comfortable circumstances.

我怎么也没有想到你生活这么优裕。

2、possession

占有；拥有

Those documents are now in the possession of the Guardian.

那些文件目前在《卫报》手里。

We should go up and take possession of the land.

我们应该北上占领那片土地。

所有物；财产；财物

People had lost their homes and all their possessions.

人们失去了自己的家园和所有的财物。

She had tidied away her possessions.

她已收拾好个人物品。

属地；领地

All of them were French possessions at one time or another.

它们都曾是法国的领地。

Britain's imperial possessions.

大英帝国的属地