in a position to do sth
表示有能力或有资格做某事，常用于否定句。
She is in a position to make decisions.
她有能力做决定。
位置；地点
职位；职务；观点；立场；地位；身份；姿势；姿态；处境；境地
A place or location where something or someone is.
一个地方或位置。
A place or location.
物体所占的特定空间部分
the particular portion of space occupied by something
一个工作岗位；一份工作。
A post of employment; a job.
军队因战术原因占据的地点
a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
地位或等级。
A status or rank.
看待情况或话题的方式
a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
意见,立场,态度
An opinion, stand, or stance.
姿势
A posture.
适合执行某行动的情况
A situation suitable to perform some action.
球场上的位置和职责
A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
持有的证券、商品或其他金融工具数量
An amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.
买卖金融工具的承诺或一组承诺
A commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.
通过假设解决问题的方法；也称为试错法
A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.
棋局在任一回合的完整状态
The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
玩家围坐在桌子周围的顺序
The order in which players are seated around the table.
插销；连接器
A pin; a connector.
The map shows the exact position of the treasure.
地图显示了宝藏的确切位置。
用法提示：名词，表示物体所在的位置。
She took a firm position on environmental issues.
她在环境问题上采取了坚定立场。
用法提示：名词，表示观点或立场。
The soldiers held their position against the enemy.
士兵们坚守阵地对抗敌人。
用法提示：名词，表示军事阵地。
表示有能力或有资格做某事，常用于否定句。
She is in a position to make decisions.
她有能力做决定。
表示对某事的立场或观点。
He took a strong position on the issue.
他对此问题采取了强硬立场。
表示处于适当的位置。
All players are in position.
所有球员都已就位。
与position基本同义，但更侧重于具体地点；在非正式口语中可互换。
更通用，可指任何空间位置，但不如position正式。
常指小而具体的地点，与position在指具体位置时可互换。
通常指用于特定用途的场所，如建筑工地，不如position通用。
强调精确的位置点，与position在指抽象概念时区别较大。
grammar · medium
易错句子He has good position in the company.
正确表达He has a good position in the company.
中文学习者常遗漏冠词，因为中文没有冠词概念。但英语中可数名词单数需加冠词，position 是单数可数名词，所以必须用 a。
grammar · medium
易错句子What is your position of this problem?
正确表达What is your position on this problem?
表示“立场、观点”时，position 后应接介词 on，直译自中文“对...的立场”会导致错误使用 of。
作为'职位'含义的反义词
强调具体的地理位置或场所，而 position 更侧重于物体相对于其他物体的位置或排序
指具体的空间或地点，较为通用，而 position 常指在特定序列或环境中的位置
职位
She applied for a job position in the marketing department.
她申请了市场部的一个职位。
采取立场
The government took a strong position on environmental issues.
政府在环境问题上采取了强硬立场。
权势地位
He held a position of power in the company.
他在公司里拥有权势地位。
起始位置
Everyone lined up at the starting position.
大家在起始位置排好队。
身体姿势
Yoga helps improve your body position and alignment.
瑜伽有助于改善身体姿势和协调性。
军事阵地
The troops maintained their military position overnight.
部队整夜坚守军事阵地。
pos- (放置) + -ition (行为或状态)
pos- (放置) + -itive (形容词后缀)
pos- (放置) + -ture (名词后缀)
与position都指空间上的点或区域。
position可指职位，与job同属职业领域。
在组织或序列中的位置常与rank相关。
position可指观点立场，与stance同类。
表示放置的动作或状态，与position的放置义相关。
有能力做某事
After saving enough money, she was in a position to buy a house.
存够钱后，她有能力买房子了。
强势地位
They entered the negotiation from a position of strength.
他们从强势地位进入谈判。
就某事表明立场
The politician refused to take a position on the controversial issue.
这位政治家拒绝就有争议的问题表明立场。
我有能力做出改变
In her song 'positions', Ariana Grande sings 'I'm in a position to make a change'.
在她的歌曲《positions》中，爱莉安娜·格兰德唱道“我有能力做出改变”。
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