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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++sit·u·ate /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ verb [transitive] formal  PLACEto describe or consider something as being part of something else or related to something else 认为是〔另一事物〕的部分;把和〔另一事物〕联系起来考虑situate something in something The women have the opportunity to situate their own struggles in a wider historical context. 这些女性有机会把她们的斗争和更宽广的历史背景联系起来。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
situateThe following comparisons with modern and deconstructionist-postmodern thought serve to situate ecological postmodernism.After situating herself on a huge flat-sided rock, Baby Suggs bowed her head and prayed silently.Localities, locales and human interaction may help us to situate society and social change.Adorno seems to me to situate the problem, without necessarily being the solution to it.Tax preparation services generally situate themselves in storefront offices.It is now necessary to situate these in the wider context of the social formation and in particular class structure.In order to situate those views we must begin with Oakeshott's account of the nature of human conduct.situate something in somethingStudents will be expected to situate the novel in its historical context.
Origin situate (1400-1500) Medieval Latin past participle of situare, from Latin situs; → SITE1
sit·u·ate verbChineseSyllable
something to part consider being or as Corpus describe


situate
situate /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ verb [transitive] formal
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Medieval Latin
 Origin: past participle of situare, from Latin situs; site1
to describe or consider something as being part of something else or related to something else
    situate something in something
    The women have the opportunity to situate their own struggles in a wider historical context.


situ·ateBrE /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they situate BrE /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsɪtʃueɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it situates BrE /ˈsɪtʃueɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsɪtʃueɪts/ 🔊past simple situated BrE /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle situated BrE /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form situating BrE /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈsɪtʃueɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 (formal) ~ sth + adv./prep. to build or place sth in a particular position 使位于;使坐落于~ sth + adv./prep. to consider how an idea, event, etc. is related to other things that influence your view of it 将…置于;使联系Let me try and situate the events in their historical context. 我尽量把这些事件与其历史背景联系起来。🔊🔊