Signification de background En anglais

• 0 experiences sb has had, and the place and family sb comes from

  • She has a background in primary education. Elle a une expérience dans l’enseignement primaire.

  • people from different cultural backgrounds des personnes provenant de différents horizons culturels

• 1 things at the back of a picture

  • three figures in the background trois silhouettes à l’arrière-plan

  • to change the background on my computer changer le fond d’écran de mon ordinateur

• 2 quiet sounds below the main sound

  • could hear voices in the background entendait des voix en bruit de fond

  • background music/noise musique/bruit de fond

• 3 a setting for an event or story

  • a story set against the background of the American Civil War un récit écrit dans le contexte de la guerre de Sécession

• 4 not being noticed

  • his assistant working quietly in the background son assistant travaillant tranquillement dans l’ombre

• 5 the space behind the principal or most important figures or objects of a picture etc

  • He always paints ships against a background of stormy skies

  • She had drawn some trees in the background of the picture.

• 6 happenings that go before, and help to explain, an event etc

  • He explained the background of the current situation.

• 7 a person’s origins, education etc

  • She was ashamed of her humble background.