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circumstantial

adjective
🔊/ˌsɜːkəmˈstænʃl/
🔊/ˌsɜːrkəmˈstænʃl/
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  1. (law法律) containing information and details that strongly suggest that something is true but do not prove it按情况推测的；视情况而定的；间接的
    • circumstantial evidence情况证据
    • The case against him was largely circumstantial.对他不利的案情大多为间接推测的。🔊🔊
    Topics Crime and punishmentc2
  2. (formal) connected with particular circumstances与特定条件（或环境、情况）有关的
    • Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal.他们的困难是环境而非个人所致。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin circumstantia, (from circumstare ‘encircle, encompass’, from circum ‘around’ + stare ‘stand’) + -al.