situate,坐落于，位于，-ion,名词后缀。引申词义环境，情况，状况，形势等。

1. The Politburo has been meeting in Peking to discuss the situation.

政治局已在北京召开会议讨论形势。

2. Officials hoped admitting fewer foreigners would calm the situation.

官员们希望通过减少外国人入境的数量来使局势平定下来。

3. We sat in Lily's sunroom while I sketched in the situation.

我们坐在莉莉的日光浴室里，我把目前形势的细节情况又补充说明了一下。

4. He is the one man who could retrieve that situation.

他是唯一能挽回局面的人。

5. The Turkish situation makes the lead in tomorrow's Guardian.

土耳其局势将成为明天《卫报》的头条。