I thought his remark was highly appropriate, given the circumstances.考虑到当时情况，我认为他的话很恰当。It wasn't a happy choice of phrase given the circumstances.这样的措词不适合这种场合。They tried to contact everyone and given the circumstances, I think they did very well.他们试图同每一位联络，在当时那种情况下，我觉得他们做得非常好。