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🇺🇸 /pʌzˈɪʃʌn/ 🇬🇧 /pəˈzɪʃ.ən/

noun 编号: P02136 牛津3000 BNC #345 COCA #512

position 的核心意思是“位置”：可以指东西所在的地方，也可以引申为工作、身份、立场、姿势，以及在某种活动中承担的角色。

💡 记忆钩子

把 position 想成“放在哪里”。东西放在哪里是“位置”，人被安排到某个位置就是“职位”或“身份”，对问题站在哪一边就是“立场”，身体摆成什么样就是“姿势”；动词 position 则是“把某物放到合适的位置”。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“位置、职位、立场、姿势”这条主线，再学习体育、金融和棋类等专门用法。
不要只把 position 理解成空间位置；在工作和讨论中，它常常分别表示“职位”和“立场”。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 位置；所在处

📖 指人或物所在的地方、方位或安排的位置，是 position 最基本的意思。

💡 常用“the position of + 物”说明某物所在的位置，也可说“in position”表示“就位”。它比表示一般地点的词更强调具体的方位或安排位置。

Please mark the position of the door on the plan.

请在平面图上标出门的位置。

The chairs are now in position.

椅子现在已经就位了。
core 职位；工作岗位

📖 指一个人可以申请、担任或离开的工作岗位，也就是“职位”。

💡 常用“apply for a position”“fill a position”或“hold a position”。它比表示具体职业的词更像一个组织中的岗位名称，因此常见于招聘和正式工作语境。

She applied for a position in the sales department.

她申请了销售部的一个职位。
common 地位；职位等级

📖 指人在组织、社会或机构中所处的等级和身份，强调“处在什么层级”。

💡 常用“a senior position”“a powerful position”描述地位，也可说“in a high position”。这里通常不是指一份普通工作，而是指带有等级、权力或责任的身份。

Her position gives her authority to approve the budget.

她的职位使她有权批准预算。
core 立场；观点

📖 指一个人对某个问题所站的那一边，即明确的观点或态度。

💡 常用“one’s position on + 议题”或“take a position on + 议题”。在讨论中它通常比一般的“看法”更正式，也更像经过考虑后采取的立场。

The minister explained her position on the new law.

部长解释了她对这项新法律的立场。

We need to take a clear position on this issue.

我们需要明确表明对这个问题的立场。
common 姿势；身体姿态

📖 指身体摆放的样子，也就是身体处于什么姿势。

💡 常用“in a position”或“change your position”描述身体姿势。说身体动作时，它往往比表示一般状态的词更强调身体各部分的摆放方式。

Hold this position for ten seconds.

保持这个姿势十秒钟。
common 处境；条件

📖 表示某人或某机构是否具备做某事的条件，常常不是空间位置，而是“处于能够或不能够行动的状态”。

💡 常用“be in a position to + 动词”表示“有条件做某事”，其否定形式“not be in a position to”尤其常见。这里不要把它机械地翻译成空间上的“在某个位置”。

figuratively

We are not in a position to offer refunds.

我们目前没有条件提供退款。
common 场上位置；职责

📖 在团队运动中，指球员被安排在场上的位置以及该位置对应的任务。

💡 常用“play a position”“cover a position”或“stay in position”。它不仅表示站在哪里，还包括球员在比赛中的职责，因此不能总译成普通的“地点”。

The coach moved me to a different position.

教练把我换到了另一个场上位置。
rare 持有的金融头寸

📖 在金融语境中，指个人或机构持有的证券、商品等金融资产数量和方向，是“持有在某个位置上的资产”。

💡 常见于“hold a position”“open a position”和“long position”等金融搭配。它是专业用法，不能按普通的“职位”理解；具体含义要结合买入、卖出或持有方向判断。
rare 金融交易头寸

📖 指一组约定在未来按指定价格买入或卖出金融工具的交易承诺，可看作金融市场中的“预先占据的位置”。

💡 常用“take a position”或“close a position”，多见于期货、期权和外汇等正式金融语境。这里的 position 不是单个职位，也不一定表示已经实际交割的资产。
rare 试算法中的假设位置

📖 在算术中，指先作一个或两个假设，再根据结果逐步求解的方法。

💡 这是数学教学中的专门用法，通常与试算方法一起出现。日常英语中 position 很少单独表示这种解题法。
rare 棋局局面

📖 在国际象棋等棋类中，指某一回合时棋盘上所有棋子的完整摆放局面。

💡 常用“the position on the board”或“a winning position”描述棋局局面。这里强调的是全局棋子排列，不只是某一枚棋子所在的格子。
rare 牌桌座位顺序

📖 在扑克等牌类游戏中，指玩家围桌就座的次序和由此产生的相对位置。

💡 通常与“at the table”或具体座位顺序连用。它是牌类游戏术语，不能直接理解成普通座位本身。
rare 插针；接点

📖 在电子或工程语境中，指连接器上的一个针脚或电气接点，可看作连接部件中的固定位置。

💡 常见于连接器、线路图和设备说明书，通常需要和编号或接口名称一起使用。此义属于技术术语，学习普通英语时可放在最后掌握。

positions plural

verb

core 放置；使就位

📖 指有意识地把某人或某物放到指定、合适或有利的位置，就是把“位置”安排好。

💡 常用“position + 物 + near/in/on + 地点”，也可说“position oneself”。它比一般的“放”更正式，并常含有为了某种效果而安排位置的意思。

Position the lamp beside the sofa.

把灯放在沙发旁边。

The photographer positioned the children in front of the wall.

摄影师把孩子们安排在墙前。

positions present,singular,third-person positioning participle,present positioned participle,past positioned past

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 18 组

the act of positing; an assumption taken as a postulate or axiom

同义词集: position

上位: assumption

a job in an organization

同义词集: position post berth office spot billet place situation

he occupied a post in the treasury

上位: business, job, line, line of work, occupation 下位: admiralty, apprenticeship, caliphate, captaincy, captainship, chair, chairmanship, emirate, fatherhood, governorship, internship, manhood, plum, prefecture, premiership, presidency, presidentship, professorship, receivership, regency, residency, stewardship, throne, vice-presidency, womanhood

the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; ;

同义词集: stead position place lieu

can you go in my stead?

took his place

in lieu of

上位: function, office, part, role 下位: behalf

(in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player

同义词集: position

what position does he play?

上位: role 下位: back, catcher, center, cleanup, cleanup position, cleanup spot, first, first base, forward, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender, guard, lineman, mound, netkeeper, pitcher, second, second base, short, shortstop, third, third base

the act of putting something in a certain place

同义词集: placement location locating position positioning emplacement

上位: activity 下位: apposition, collocation, fingering, implantation, interposition, intervention, juxtaposition, orientation, planting, set, stratification

put into a certain place or abstract location; ; ;

同义词集: put set place pose position lay

Put your things here

Set the tray down

Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children

Place emphasis on a certain point

上位: displace, move 下位: arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, deposit, dispose, docket, enclose, ensconce, fix, ground, inclose, insert, instal, install, introduce, jar, lay, lean, load, marshal, middle, nestle, park, perch, pile, pillow, place upright, plant, poise, posit, put back, put down, put in, recess, replace, repose, rest, seat, seed, set, set up, settle, settle down, ship, sign, siphon, sit, sit down, situate, snuggle, sow, space, stand, stand up, step, stick in, tee, tee up, throw, thrust, trench 参见: apply, arrange, array, assemble, bring down, communicate, defer, discharge, drop, drop off, ensnare, entrap, erect, frame, gaol, hold over, immure, imprison, incarcerate, jail, jug, lag, land, lay, lay out, pass, pass along, pass on, piece, post, postpone, prorogue, put across, put away, put back, put behind bars, put down, put off, put on, put over, put together, put up, raise, range, rear, remand, remit, replace, repose, rig, set back, set down, set out, set up, shelve, table, tack, tack together, unload

cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

同义词集: position

上位: lay, place, pose, put, set 下位: aim, deploy, direct, dress, line up, orient, square, take, take aim, train

the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated;

同义词集: position spatial relation

the position of the hands on the clock

he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage

上位: relation 下位: arrangement, coincidence, direction, elbow room, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, list, occlusion, placement, room, slope, slot, tilt, way

the arrangement of the body and its limbs

同义词集: position posture attitude

he assumed an attitude of surrender

下位: guard, pose, presentation, sprawl, sprawling, stance, tuck

a rationalized mental attitude

同义词集: position stance posture

上位: attitude, mental attitude 下位: point of view, stand, standpoint, viewpoint

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

同义词集: position view perspective

consider what follows from the positivist view

上位: orientation 下位: cutting edge, forefront, light, paradigm, sight, straddle, vanguard

an item on a list or in a sequence;

同义词集: place position

in the second place

moved from third to fifth position

上位: item, point

an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute

同义词集: side position

there are two sides to every question

上位: opinion, view

the particular portion of space occupied by something

同义词集: position place

he put the lamp back in its place

上位: point 下位: anomaly, back, front, half-mast, half-staff, juxtaposition, landmark, lead, left, lie, pitch, polls, post, rear, right, setting, site, situation, stand, station, vantage, wing

the appropriate or customary location

同义词集: position

the cars were in position

上位: point

a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons

同义词集: military position position

上位: point 下位: ground, line

a condition or position in which you find yourself;

同义词集: situation position

the unpleasant situation (or position) of having to choose between two evils

found herself in a very fortunate situation

上位: condition, status 下位: place, shoes, soup

the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; ;

同义词集: status position

he had the status of a minor

the novel attained the status of a classic

atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life

上位: state 下位: caste, command, dignity, echelon, election, equality, equation, equivalence, face, footing, holy order, leadership, nationality, nobility, noblesse, order, ordination, par, pedestal, rank, retirement, slot, social rank, social station, social status, standing, terms

🌳 词源

源自拉丁语，核心含义与“放置、被放在某处”有关。

From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō (“a putting, position”), from positus (“placed, situated”), past participle of pōnō (“to place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

🔄 变式

positioned past positioning present positions plural

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