🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

예외적 상황

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yeoejeok sanghwang

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exceptional circumstances/ɪkˈsɛp.ʃən.əl ˈsɜːr.kəm.stæn.sɪz/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"예외적 상황에서는 규정이 다를 수 있습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Situations that are out of the ordinary, unexpected, and beyond a person's control, which may justify special treatment or a departure from standard rules.

    "Late submissions will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances such as severe illness."
  2. 2

    Conditions that are distinctly unusual and extreme in nature, altering the normal application of policy or law.

    "The committee may waive the fee under exceptional circumstances."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'exceptional' (from Late Latin exceptionalis, from Latin exceptus, past participle of excipere 'take out') and 'circumstances' (from Latin circumstantia, from circumstare 'surround'). Historically entering legal and administrative discourse in the late 19th century, the phrase evolved to designate extraordinary, unforeseen situations that justify an exception to standard rules.

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🇫🇷French → English

circonstances exceptionnelles

Transliteration: sir-kɔn-stɑ̃s ɛk-sɛp-sjɔ-nɛl

"Des circonstances exceptionnelles exigent des mesures rigoureuses."

🇩🇪German → English

außergewöhnliche Umstände

Transliteration: aʊ̯s.ɡəˌʁeːkt.nɪs.zə ˈʊm.ʃtɛn.də

"Unter außergewöhnlichen Umständen kann eine Ausnahme gemacht werden."

🇮🇹Italian → English

circostanze eccezionali

Transliteration: tʃir-ko-ˈstan-tse et-tʃet-tso-ˈna-li

"Ciò è consentito solo in circostanze eccezionali."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

circunstancias excepcionales

Transliteration: θir-kun-ˈstan-θas ek-sep-θjo-ˈna-les

"Solo se permiten cambios bajo circunstancias excepcionales."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

circunstâncias excepcionais

Transliteration: siɾ.kũˈstɐ̃.si.ɐz ek.se.psjuˈnɐis

"A regra não se aplica exceto em circunstâncias excepcionais."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

असामान्य परिस्थितियां

Transliteration: asamanya paristhitiyan

"केवल असाधारण परिस्थितियों में ही छूट दी जाएगी।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

特殊情况

Transliteration: tèshū qíngkuàng

"本规定仅适用于特殊情况。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

예외적 상황

Transliteration: yeoejeok sanghwang

"예외적 상황에서는 규정이 다를 수 있습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

例外的な状況

Transliteration: reigaiteki na jōkyō

"例外的な状況を除き、原則として禁止されています。"

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