position
英[p?'z??(?)n]
美[p?'z???n]
- n. 位置，方位；職位，工作；姿態(tài)；站位
- vt. 安置；把……放在適當(dāng)位置
英英釋意
- 1. the particular portion of space occupied by a physical object;
- "he put the lamp back in its place"
- 2. a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
- 3. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.;
- "consider what follows from the positivist view"
- 4. position or arrangement of the body and its limbs;
- "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
- 5. the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society;
- "he had the status of a minor"
- "the novel attained the status of a classic"
- "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
- 6. a job in an organization;
- "he occupied a post in the treasury"
- 7. the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated;
- "the position of the hands on the clock"
- "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
- 8. the appropriate or customary location;
- "the cars were in position"
- 9. (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player;
- "what position does he play?"
- 10. the act of putting something in a certain place or location
- 11. a condition or position in which you find yourself;
- "the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils"
- "found herself in a very fortunate situation"
- 12. an item on a list or in a sequence;
- "in the second place"
- "moved from third to fifth position"
- 13. a rationalized mental attitude
- 14. an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute;
- "there are two sides to every question"
- 15. the function or position properly or customarily occupied or served by another;
- "can you go in my stead?"
- "took his place"
- "in lieu of"
- 16. the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom