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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

background

英  [ˈbækɡraʊnd]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • backgrounds

    1. [C 可数名词] （家庭、职业）出身

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    The Warners were from a Jewish working-class background.

    沃纳一家人是犹太工人阶级出身。

    2. [C 可数名词] 背景

    The background to an event or situation consists of the facts that explain what caused it.

    近义词

    context

    双语例句

    例：

    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。

    例：

    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. [SING 单数型名词] 背景声音

    The background is sounds, such as music, that you can hear but that you are not listening to with your full attention.

    双语例句

    例：

    I kept hearing the sound of applause in the background.

    我不断听到背景音中有掌声。

    4. [C 可数名词] （图画、布景等的）背景

    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.

    双语例句

    例：

    roses patterned on a blue background.

    印在蓝色背景上的玫瑰。

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