situate
vt. 使位於,使處於…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?
我們怎樣把基督教放在現代物理學和心理學的背景下來考慮呢?
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
這些動詞均含"位於"之意。
They are trying to decide where to situate the hospital.
他們正設法確定醫院的修建地點.
The council are trying to decide where to situate the new hospital.
委員會正試圖決定將新醫院建在何處.
The company wants to situate its headquarters in the north.
公司想把總部設在北方.
We should situate a thinker and his thought in their proper place.
我們應當給一位思想家及其思想以合適的地位.
The company wants to situate its headquarters in Shanghai.
公司想把總部設在上海.