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law )法律 containing information and details that strongly suggest that something is true but do not prove it Topics Crime and punishmentc2按情况推测的;视情况而定的;间接的 - (formal)
connected with particular circumstances 与特定条件(或环境、情况)有关的
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin circumstantia, (from circumstare ‘encircle, encompass’, from circum ‘around’ + stare ‘stand’) + -al.