This week we answer a question from Pakistan.

Shahid writes:

这周大家回应一个来源于塔吉克斯坦的难题。

沙希德写到：

What is the difference between these terms: place, location, position, site and situation? Dear Shahid,

place，location，position，site和situation这好多个词的差别是啥？親愛的的沙希德，

The five terms you gave are very close in meaning.

The English language often has more than one word to describe a similar idea or action.

你得出的这五个词的意思很贴近。

英语中经常有不仅一个词来叙述类似的定义或个人行为。

The word "place" is used to describe an area that may not have an exact border.

In fact, it may not be a particular or special area.

"place"这个词被用于叙述很有可能并无准确界限的地区。

实际上，它很有可能并不是一个独特地区。

Place is so general it could be a room, a building, a town, a country, or something else.

For example, in a news broadcast, I heard this sentence:

"Place"所表明的地区这般广泛，它能够 是一个屋子，一个工程建筑，一个城区，一个国家，或其他地区。比如，在广播电台中，我听到了这句话：

The beach is one of the safest places to be these days.

Official documents may ask for your "place of birth," which usually means a city and country.

沙滩是现如今最安全性的地区之一。

官方网文档很有可能会询问你的"出生地点"，那一般是强调生的大城市和我国。

Have you ever been waiting in line but need to leave for a short period?

Then you might ask someone:

你是不是曾在排长队等待时必须离去一小一段时间？

随后你很有可能会问别人：

Will you hold my place in line? This use of place is the same as how we use the word "position".

你可以给我占一下部位吗？"place"的这类使用 *** 和"position"这个词的使用 *** 同样。

Position means a specific point. The position of something is relative to other things.

"Position"就是指一个特殊的地址。用 position来表明某事的部位是相对性于其他事情来讲。

For example, in an auto race, the "pole position" is in the first row on the inside lane.

She earned the pole position for the race because she was the fastest driver this year.

比如，在一场汽车比赛中，"杆位"在里侧行车道之一排。

她获得了该赛事的杆位，由于她是2020年最快的车手。

A position can also be a way of holding one's body, as in this example.

Most office workers spend the day in a sitting position.

"position"还可以是大家人体的维持 *** ，如同这一事例。

大部分公司办公室员工全是一坐一整天。

The word "location" is used to describe a specific point in physical space. For example:

"location"这个词被用于叙述物理学室内空间中的一个特殊地址。比如：

The location of a business is very important to its success.

People who buy and sell homes and buildings often use the expression: Location, location, location!

公司的所在位置对其取得成功十分关键。

交易房子和工程建筑的人常常应用这类表述：部位，部位，還是部位！

That means a store on a busy street corner is more likely to be successful, and a house that is in a nice neighborhood will be easier to sell.

那代表着在热闹街边开一家店铺更有可能取得成功，而坐落于好商街的房屋更非常容易卖出。

A related word is "site," which we can use for the present or past location of a building or an important event in history, as in:

与之有关的英语单词是"site"，大家可以用它来表明房屋建筑当今或以往的部位，或在历史上的关键事情，比如：

This was the site of the first battle in the war.

We also use "site" to talk about the future location of a building or structure:

它是战事中初次作战的地址。

大家还应用"site"来讨论房屋建筑的将来部位：

The mayor chose the site of the new memorial.

Finally, Shahid, you asked about the word "situation".

省长选中了新烈士陵园的部位。

最终，沙希德，你问了"situation"这个词。

This is an old-fashioned and more formal, or official, way to talk about a place: The house is in a wonderful situation close to the water.

这类讨论地址的 *** 旧式且更加宣布：这座房屋部位非常好，傍水。

However, American English speakers generally no longer use this word when talking about specific places.

I hope these answers help when you want to use these five place terms.

殊不知，说美式英语的人到提到特殊地址时一般不会再应用这个词。

希望这种解释能够 在你要想应用这五个表明部位的词时对您有协助。

What questions do you have about English? Send us an email at learningenglish@voanews. com.

您有什么英语难题吗？发送邮件给大家到learningenglish@voanews。com。

And that's Ask a Teacher for this week. I'm Jill Robbins.