His words were of little comfort in the circumstances.

在这种情况下，他的话起不了什么安慰作用。

《牛津词典》

What is the best course of action in the circumstances?

在这种情况下最佳行动方针是什么？

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Under the circumstances, he felt he'd been very restrained.

在这种环境下，他觉得他一直很克制。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

"We did our job. A significant phase has been passed through with as little harm done as conceivably could have been done under the circumstances.

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And he's going to have to rectify the circumstances that made his destruction of the earth necessary in the first place.

他不得不修正,他认为有必要毁灭人类的情形。

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Frost is a kind of materialist, by which I mean he calls attention to the circumstances of imagination, its limits and conditions.

弗罗斯特是个唯物主义者，这样说的原因是他引起了人们对,想象的环境的注意，它的限制和条件。

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This latest inquiry will be separate from the IPCC's ongoing investigation into the circumstances of Mr Tomlinson's death.

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Ms Venables' brother, David Marjara, said he was devastated about the circumstances of his sister's death.

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In the circumstances, the choice of a soft-spoken, civilian lawyer seemed a palm of peace.

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