Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a repeat performance of a similar situation we've experienced before.

我们常常想当然以为一个熟知的情景不过是我们以前经历过的某个类似情景的重复再现。

youdao

The new owners, familiar with his situation, froze his rent and agreed to let him live there until he dies.

房子的新主人了解他的处境，冻结了他的房租，并答应让他在有生之年继续住在那里。

youdao

Does this situation sound familiar to you?

这种情况是不是很熟悉？

youdao

A physician in Morocco familiar with the situation describes the captain's condition as "not serious."

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

Is everyone familiar with this situation?

大家都懂足球吧

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

The group designed the Rain Room to push visitors outside their comfort zone and see how people would react when faced with a different outcome to an all too familiar situation.

BBC: It is raining indoors in London

For frustrated Darfur-watchers, it is an all too familiar situation.

ECONOMIST: Sudan

Urbi is considering a filing under Mexico's bankruptcy law, some people familiar with the situation said.

WSJ: Two Mexican Home Builders Hire Advisers Amid Debt Concerns