수능 문맥 사전

circumstance

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1. They had flexible behavior, he said, or the ability to change their behavior as external circumstances changed, a hallmark of true intelligence. (2026년 시행 6월 모평 21번)
2. When we have to offer an account of our actions, we consciously understand which excuses might prove acceptable, given the particular circumstances we find ourselves in. (2022년 시행 9월 모평 37번)
3. Considerable work by cultural psychologists and anthropologists has shown that there are indeed large and sometimes surprising differences in the words and concepts that different cultures have for describing emotions, as well as in the social circumstances that draw out the expression of particular emotions. (2022년 시행 6월 모평 23번)
4. Animals under normal circumstances maintain a very constant body weight and they eat and drink enough for their needs at regular intervals. (2022년 시행 6월 모평 35번)
5. Some environmental contaminants are difficult to avoid (the breathing of polluted air, the drinking of chemically contaminated public drinking water, noise in open public spaces); in these circumstances, exposure is largely involuntary. (2021년 시행 수능 22번)