1. (尤指為了更好地理解某事)把…放在(特殊的環(huán)境中)，把…跟(具體情境)聯(lián)系 If you situate something such as an idea or fact in a particular context, you relate it to that context, especially in order to understand it better.
e.g. How do we situate Christianity in the context of modern physics and psychology? 我們怎樣把基督教放在現代物理學(xué)和心理學(xué)的背景下來(lái)考慮呢？
situate英英釋義
verb
1. put (something somewhere) firmly
e.g. She posited her hand on his shoulder deposit the suitcase on the bench fix your eyes on this spot
Synonym: fixpositdeposit
2. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey
e.g. Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space Locate the boundaries of the property