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1 ♦ situation
♦ situation /sɪtʃʊˈeɪʃn/n.1 situazione; condizione; stato delle cose; complesso di circostanze: The political situation is difficult, la situazione politica è difficile; in a crisis situation, in una condizione di crisi; to handle the situation, gestire (o padroneggiare) la situazione; to retrieve the situation, salvare la situazione; to worsen the situation, aggravare la situazione; to rectify a situation, rettificare una situazione; a hopeless situation, una situazione disperata; a tricky situation, una situazione pericolosa2 (econ.) situazione; congiuntura: situation analysis, analisi della situazione; the current economic situation, l'attuale congiuntura economica3 (econ., fin.) posizione: situation rent, rendita di posizione ( di un immobile); debt situation, posizione debitoria4 (econ.) posto; lavoro; occupazione; impiego: Dozens of people have applied for this situation, decine di persone hanno fatto domanda per questo posto; He found a situation as an accountant, ha trovato lavoro come contabile; (pubbl.) «Situations vacant», «offerte di lavoro»; «cercasi»; «Situations wanted», «domande di lavoro»; «offresi»5 (form.) situazione; ubicazione: The house is in a magnificent situation, la casa ha un'ubicazione splendida (o è in un sito splendido)6 (fam.) problema; guaio; brutta situazione: You've got quite a situation there!, per te è un bel problema!; What a situation!, che guaio!● ( radio, TV) situation comedy, sceneggiato con personaggi che devono affrontare problemi della vita quotidiana; situation comedy □ situation room, (mil., USA) sala operativa ( nel sottosuolo della Casa Bianca); (fig.) stanza dei bottoni.
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