background是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 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。

• 1 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。

• 2 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？

  • 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。

• 3 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

• 4 used to refer to something that is done before, and in preparation for, something else -- 背景的；事先的

  • Students are expected to do some background reading before the course starts. 学生们应该在课程开始之前进行一些相关阅读。

  • The book provides background information on the history of the region. 本书提供了有关该地区的历史背景信息。