1. | 按情况推测的;视情况而定的;间接的containing information and details that strongly suggest that sth is true but do not prove it |
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。 |
2. | 与特定条件(或环境、情况)有关的connected with particular circumstances |
Their problems were circumstantial rather than personal. 他们的困难是环境而非个人所致。 |