英文問題: situation VS condition

Both are similar in meaning, but they have different nuances or shades of meaning and are used in different contexts.
Condition
Condition describes the physical state of something or some one:
Considering its age, this house is in excellent condition.
He was in a terrible condition and had drunk far too much whiskey.

Conditions (plural) refer to the environment in which something occurs. We talk about things happening in or under appalling / terrible conditions:
The rescue was attempted under extremely difficult conditions and with little chance of success.
Are you happy with your working conditions? ~ Yes, they are excellent. I have no complaints.

Conditions also describe things that must be true or be done before something else can happen. We talk about meeting or satisfying conditions.
In order to qualify for a grant as a postgraduate student, you will need to satisfy certain conditions.

Terms and Conditions describe the business or financial arrangements of an agreement.
Make sure you read the terms and conditions before you take out the student loan.

On condition that
Note the expression on condition that for saying that one thing will happen only if another thing happens:
You can have the day off tomorrow on condition that you agree to work on Saturday.

Situation
Situation refers to a set of conditions that are in place at a particular time and in a particular place:
If the situation had been different, our marriage might have succeeded.

We also talk about an economic or financial situation:
The financial situation is dire - the company has failed to make a profit in each of the last four years.

Situation comedies / situations vacant
The compound nouns situation comedies (sitcoms) describe amusing TV drama series revolving around a set of characters in a family or organization. Situations vacant refers to a column in a newspaper where jobs are advertised.'The Office' is regarded as one of the most original sitcoms the BBC has produced so far this century.

如果你只係講 situation 同 condition 同時解情況,狀況既時侯，意思係一樣的...

school situation or school condition 都可行..

只係佢地分別再有唔同解釋咁解... situation 最常用都係情況/狀況, condition 最常用係情況/狀況 同埋 條..... 其餘比較少用既就唔多講啦^^

2010-06-15 14:19:45 補充：
寫少左野-_-* condition 最常用係情況/狀況 同埋 條(件)

situation
n.
1. 處境,境遇[C]
He is in a difficult situation.
他處境困難。
2. 形勢;情況;局面[C]
The economic situation is now different.
現在經濟形勢不同了。
3. 地位;(尤指僕役等的)職位,工作[C]
4. (建築物等的)位置;地點[C]
The house has a beautiful situation on a hill.
房子座落在小山上,環境優美。

condition

n.
1. 情況;(健康等)狀態[C][U]
What's the patient's condition?
病人的情況如何?
2. 環境;形勢[P]
The miners there worked in dreadful conditions.
那裡的礦工們在極其惡劣的環境中工作。
Conditions were favorable for business then.
當時的形勢有利於經商。
3. 條件[C][(+for/of)][+(that)]
I'll do it on condition that you pay for everything.
我可以做此事,條件是你得支付一切費用。
Hard work is a condition of success.
勤奮是成功的前提。
4. 疾病,症狀[C]
Mr. Toffler has a lung condition.
托夫勒先生患肺病。

situation係noun來加，佢嘅意思係:位置、情況，而condition都係noun，佢嘅意思係狀態、情況，佢地主要係意思不同。