situate
vt. 使位于,使处于…地位(位置)
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.
How do we situate Christianity in the context of modern physics and psychology?
我们怎样把基督教放在现代物理学和心理学的背景下来考虑呢?
1. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey;
2. put (something somewhere) firmly;
situate, lie, stand
这些动词均含"位于"之意。
They are trying to decide where to situate the hospital.
他们正设法确定医院的修建地点.
The council are trying to decide where to situate the new hospital.
委员会正试图决定将新医院建在何处.
The company wants to situate its headquarters in the north.
公司想把总部设在北方.
We should situate a thinker and his thought in their proper place.
我们应当给一位思想家及其思想以合适的地位.
The company wants to situate its headquarters in Shanghai.
公司想把总部设在上海.