“情况说明”虽然不是我国法定的证据种类,其在实践中却普遍存在,且具有存在的合理性。非法定性与实践需要导致“情况说明”目前处于一种尴尬地位,并有滥用趋势。为此对“情况说明”的涵义与特征加以归纳和分析,并在此基础上针对实践中出现的问题提出了相应的对策。 Although the “situation explanation” is not the kind of legal evidence in our country, it is ubiquitous in practice and has the existence of rationality. Non-statutory and practical needs lead to “situation statement” is currently in an awkward position, and abuse of trends. To this end, the connotation and characteristics of “circumstance explanation” are summarized and analyzed, and on this basis, corresponding countermeasures are put forward according to the problems occurred in practice.