circumstantial
adjective /ˌsɜːkəmˈstænʃl/
/ˌsɜːrkəmˈstænʃl/
- (law
法律 按情况推测的；视情况而定的；间接的 - circumstantial evidence
情况证据 - The case against him was largely circumstantial.
对他不利的案情大多为间接推测的。
- circumstantial evidence
- (formal) connected with particular circumstances
与特定条件（或环境、情况）有关的 - Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal.
他们的困难是环境而非个人所致。
- Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal.
词源late 16th cent.: from Latin circumstantia, (from circumstare ‘encircle, encompass’, from circum ‘around’ + stare ‘stand’) + -al.