background
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have. (家庭、职业) 出身
The Warners were from a Jewish working-class background. 沃纳一家人是犹太工人阶级出身。
2. N-COUNT The background to an event or situation consists of the facts that explain what caused it. 背景
The background to the current troubles is provided by the dire state of the country's economy. 目前这些问题的背景是严峻的国家经济形势。
The meeting takes place against a background of continuing political violence. 这次会议是在持续的政治暴力背景下召开的。
3. N-SING Thebackground is sounds, such as music, that you can hear but that you are not listening to with your full attention. 背景声音
I kept hearing the sound of applause in the background. 我不断听到背景音中有掌声。
4. N-COUNT You can use background to refer to the things in a picture or scene that are less noticeable or important than the main things or people in it. (图画、布景等的) 背景
...roses patterned on a blue background. …印在蓝色背景上的玫瑰。
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background /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/ (backgrounds)
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- The black lettering really stands out on that orange background.
- a white rose on a solid blue background
- I could hear the strains of Mozart in the background.
- The computers were humming in the background.
- An airplane droned in the background.
- His family background predisposes him to support the Democrats.
- Journalists were frantically researching the new prime minister's background, family , and interests .
- Since they discovered the truth about his background, his colleagues have regarded him with suspicion .
- She comes from an upper middle class background.
- When the authorities inquired into his background, they found he had a criminal record . 返回 background
background noun (PICTURE)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]the things that can be seen behind the main things or people in a picture
(画、照片的)背景,衬托
The artist himself did not paint the backgrounds to his pictures - they were done by his pupils . 画中的背景不是画家亲手画的——都是他的学生画的。
He has photographed her against lots of different backgrounds. 他给她拍了许多不同背景的照片。
They were filmed against a background of dark fir trees . 在一片黑黝黝的冷杉的映托下,他们被摄入了电影镜头。
The book's cover has white lettering on a blue background. 书的封面是蓝底白字。
The little figure that you can just see in the background of the photograph is me. 照片背景中那个很小的人影就是我。
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foreground noun
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background noun (SOUND)
[ 单数名词 ]sounds that can be heard behind other sounds that are louder
背景声音;背景音乐
If you listen carefully to this piece of music , you can hear a flute in the background. 如果你仔细听这首曲子,可以听到伴奏的笛声。
We couldn't hear what they were saying on the tape - there was too much background noise . 我们听不清磁带里他们在说什么——背景噪声太大了。
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background noun (SITUATION)
[ 单数名词 or 不可数或单数名词:没有复数形式的名词 ]the conditions that existed before a particular event happened , and that help to explain why it happened
(事件的)背景
These decisions have had to be made against a background of high unemployment . 因为失业率高企,只好采取这些措施。
Can you give me some background on (= information about the conditions that existed before) the situation ? 你能不能告诉我一些关于这一情况的背景资料?
the background
If someone or something is in the background, they are not the main point of attention .
幕后;不引人注目的地方
Her worries about her job have faded into the background since she learned about her father's illness . 自从得知父亲生病后,她就顾不上担心自己的工作了。
background noun (FAMILY EXPERIENCE)
[ 可数名词:有复数形式的名词 ]your family and your experience of education , living conditions , money , etc.
出身背景;学历;经历
The school has students from many different ethnic /cultural /religious backgrounds. 这所学校的学生有着不同的种族/文化/宗教背景。
They come from a privileged /wealthy background. 他们来自特权/富裕家庭。
a background in publishing 出版方面的经历
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