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You can picture position as the spot where something sits in relation to everything around it — its place on a map. From that one idea of 'where it stands', the word stretches to where you stand in life, in a debate, in a company, or in a race.

可以想成一個東西在四周環境裡所佔的那個點——它在地圖上的位置。從「它站在哪裡」這個畫面，這個字延伸到你在人生裡、在辯…更多收起可以想成一個東西在四周環境裡所佔的那個點——它在地圖上的位置。從「它站在哪裡」這個畫面，這個字延伸到你在人生裡、在辯論裡、在公司裡、在比賽裡「站」在哪裡。

原始詞典資料14 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

positionnoun/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

  • 1

    A place or location.

    • Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.
  • 2

    A post of employment; a job.

  • 3

    A status or rank.

    • Chief of Staff is the second-highest position in the army.
  • 4

    An opinion, stand, or stance.

    • My position on this issue is unchanged.
    • The cause therfore of divorce expres’t in the position cannot but agree with that describ’d in the best and equalest sense of Moses Law.
  • 5

    A posture.

    • Stand in this position, with your arms at your side.
  • 6

    A situation suitable to perform some action.

    • The school is not in a position to provide day-care after 4:00 pm.
  • 7

    A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.

    • Stop running all over the field and play your position!
  • 8

    businessfinanceAn amount of securities, commodities, or other financial instruments held by a person, firm, or institution.

    • long position
    • naked position
另外 5 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    businessfinanceA commitment, or a group of commitments, such as options or futures, to buy or sell a given amount of financial instruments, such as securities, currencies or commodities, for a given price.

  • 10

    arithmeticA method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.

  • 11

    board-gameschessgamesThe full state of a chess game at any given turn.

    • The following problem-like position occurred in an over-the-board game at a base in Korea:
  • 12

    card-gamespokerThe order in which players are seated around the table.

  • 13

    businesselectrical-engineeringelectricityA pin; a connector.

positionverb/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

  • 1

    To put into place.

    • While other small nations with large banking sectors, such as Iceland and Ireland, have been undone by their reckless lending practices, the debt-free Channel Islands have always positioned themselves as dependable repositories of riches.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。