如何用英文形容地理位置？

形容地理位置时，英文常见用词包括：lie、sit、stand、be located、be situated。这些词都有「位于、坐落于」的意思。其中，又可区分为主动及被动语态两种表达：

主动语态：lie、sit、stand

如果主词是「人」，lie、sit、stand 可以用来表达「躺、坐、站」等不同姿势。但如果前面是「物」，lie、sit、stand 则有「位于、坐落于」的意思。

● 基本句型：主词 + lie / sit / stand + 地方副词

Lie、sit、stand 后面不直接加上受词，而会加上地方副词，也就是「介系词 + 地方」。例如：

That small town sits 60 miles to the east of us.(那个小镇位于我们东边六十英里处。)

搭配「表方位相对位置」的介系词 to，以及地方 the east of us「我们东边」。

The tropical island lies 150 miles from the coastline.(那座热带岛屿距离海岸线 150 英里。)

搭配「表距离」的介系词 from，以及地方 the coastline「海岸线」。

● 倒装句型：地方副词 + lie / sit / stand + 主词

除了基本句型，不少英文文章为了让句型更加优美，会使用地方副词放句首的倒装句型。例如：

On the hillside stand rows of ramshackle redbrick buildings.(山腰上伫立着几排摇摇欲坠的红砖建筑。)

要注意的是：lie、sit、stand 会「跟着后面的主词」进行变化，所以这句的 stand 要跟着后面的复数主词 rows of ramshackle redbrick buildings，使用复数动词形式。

● 细微差异

表示「位于、坐落于」的时候，lie、sit、stand 等词通常可以互用，但如果明显是较平面的事物，象是河流，较常用 lie。例如：

You must go see the mighty river lying on the eastern side of the mountain range.(你一定要去看看位在山脉东侧的那条大河。)

相反地，如果是明显有高度的事物，象是城堡，较常用 stand。例如：

On top of the hill stands an ancient castle overlooking a winding river.(有座古堡矗立在山顶，俯视着蜿蜒的河流。)

被动语态：be located、be situated

使用被动语态 be located、be situated 表示地理位置时，句型跟 lie、sit、stand 类似。

● 基本句型：主词 + be located / be situated + 地方副词

后面同样不直接加上受词，而会加上地方副词(介系词 + 地方)。例如：

The Gothic cathedral is located on Fifth Avenue.(那座哥德式教堂位于第五大道。)

搭配介系词 on，以及地方 Fifth Avenue「第五大道」。

The formidable medieval fortress is situated near the shore, not far from the fishing village.(那座威严的中世纪堡垒就矗立在海岸附近，距离那个小渔村不远。)

搭配介系词 near，以及地方 the shore「海岸」。

简而言之，描述地理位置的常见用词有主动语态的 lie、sit、stand 及被动语态的 be located、be situated。学会这些用法之后，也别忘了找机会翻翻国外杂志或实际在生活中用用看喔。

locate
1.找出…的准确位置
2.把…安置在(或建造于)
3.创办于(某地)

1. Then we’ll have Gwen Meighen locate this guy they’re worried about, because it’s a sure thing none of us can’t show up…, or we’ll alert him.
然后让桂温·米恩去查找他们不放心的那个家伙的席次，我们三人谁也不能去，这是肯定的，以免打草惊蛇。

2. The markets locate at severing middle and high-end markets.
公司的产品市场定位是服务于中高端市场。

3. The markets locate at severing middle and high end markets.
公司的产品市场定位是服务于中高端市场。

4. The glacier will be shifting before long. There' 11 be no sign of him in the morning, and he' 11 be difficult to locateagain.
马上就要发生雪崩了。如果等到明天早上，我们就连尸体的影子也见不到了，再找出来又要费好大的劲儿。”

5. Insect Spread- Natural dispersal occurs when newly emerged adults fly up to 1,000 meters per each flight to locate new host material (Thier 1997).
昆虫传播——当新羽化的成虫进行自然扩散时，每次飞行到新的寄主材料上的距离可达1000米(Thier1997)。

situate
1.使位于，使处于…地位(位置)

参考例句

1. A freehold property situate in the borough of richmond.
位于里士满行政区的完全保有房产。

2. The council are trying to decide where to situate the new hospital.
委员会正试图决定将新医院建在何处。

3. The company wants to situate its headquarters in the north.
公司想把总部设在北方.

4. situate a monument on the hillside
在山坡上建一座纪念碑

5. To place in particular circumstances or conditions;situate.
使处于特定情况或条件下;使…置于

比较两个词的英语解释：实际上，真正弄懂一些词的区别，还是要认真研究它们的英文释义，这样对大家弄清它们的区别是很有帮助的。这就是为什么，学英语专业的学生，起初都要买一本Longman字典，它是英英字典，用2000左右的英语进行解释。

Locate：

1.discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining

Can you locate your cousins in the Midwest?

My search turned up nothing

2.determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space

Locate the boundaries of the property

同：Situate

Situate：

1. determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey

Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space

Locate the boundaries of the property

[同]locate

2. put (something somewhere) firmly

通过上面的比较，可以发现：

简单来讲，locate 和situate都可以表示“位于...”含义，但是，locate还可以表示“定位某物”或“找到某物” “查找”等。而situate不具备此含义。如：

The police are trying to locate the missing man.
警方正设法查明那个失踪者的下落。

The young man could not locate his lost pen.
年轻人找不到丢失的钢笔。

Ⅰ. 可能会用到的词汇、短语及相关知识：

across, border, continent, face (v), landmark, lie, locate, mountain range, situate

运用描述地方的用语：in, on, between, in the middle of, on the coast of, off the coast of, on the left, on the right, in front of, behind, near, next to, opposite, above, below, in the south of, to the east of

特别是几个介词的用法, 以 east 为例, 方位表示方法如下:

(一) in the east表示我们生活中和地理位置上的绝对方向,如The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

(二)on the east 表示某事物位于另一事物所朝的方向,这里的方向指相对，如China faces the Pacific on the east.

(三)in\to\on\at the east of

1、A在B范围之内,要表示A在B的东部,用 A is in the east of B

2 、A在B范围之外,要表示A在B的东方,用A lies to the east of B

3、A与B相接,要表示A在B的东侧,用A is on the east of B

4、如果把方位词看作一个整体,或者看成一地点,,就用 A is at the east of B,如:there was a big battle at the north of the liaodong peninsula. 在辽东半岛的北边有一场一大战

5、如果表示A位于B东面100公里处,既可以说A lies 100km to the east of B,又可以说A lies 100km east of B

(四)要表示方位"偏向"通常用by，如正南偏东:south by east

Ⅱ. 例子：

(一)以中国为例

China

The People’s Republic of China is a socialism country with its own characteristics. It is one of the developing countries.

China lies in the east of Asia. It has a number of neighboring countries. To the north, northeast and northwest are the Mongolia, Russia and Korea. To the south are Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and the Philippine. To the west and southwest are India, Burma, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan. To the east is Japan, which faces China across the East China Sea.

China is a country with a vast territory. It has an area of over 9,600,000 square kilometers. It consists of 34 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Covernment. Beijing, which is situated in the North China, is its capital.

The People’s Republic of China is one of the largest countries in the world. Now it has a population of more than 1.3 billion, making up a quarter of the world population.

以下是汉字部分:

①中华人民共和国是一个有中国特色的社会主义国家。它是一个发展中国家。

②中国位于亚洲的东部，有许多邻国。北面和东北面有蒙古，俄罗斯和朝鲜；南面有越南、老挝、泰国和菲律宾；西面和西南面有缅甸、印度、尼泊尔、不丹和巴基斯坦；东面有日本，与中国隔海相望。

③中国幅员辽阔，有九百六十万平方千米。

④它有34个省、直辖市和自治区。首都是北京，位于华北。

⑤中国是世界上最大的国家之一。现在，它有12多亿人口，占世界人口的四分之一。

(二)以波兰为例

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq mi), making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 33rd most populous country in the world.

(三)以西安为例

Xian is the capital of Shaanxi province, located in the southern part of the Guanzhong Plain. With the Qinling Mountains to the south and the Weihe River to the north, it is in a favorable geographical location surrounded by water and hills. It has a semi-moist monsoon climate and there is a clear distinction between the four seasons. Except the colder winter, any season is relatively suitable for traveling.