stage是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a part of an activity or a period of development -- 阶段；发展时期

  • The project is in its final stages and should be completed by August. 这个项目已进入最后阶段，应于8月份完成。

  • They did the last stage of their journey on foot. 他们步行走完了旅途的最后一段路。

  • Our marriage is going through a difficult stage at the moment. 目前我们的婚姻正处于一个困难阶段。

  • Their youngest child is at the stage where she can say individual words but not full sentences. 他们最小的孩子目前所处的阶段是会说单个的词，但还不会说整句话。

  • I'm not tired at the moment but I will need a rest at some stage (= at some time) during the walk. 我现在不累，但在步行过程中的某个时候需要休息一下。

  • Andrew spends all his spare time playing with his computer but it's probably just a stage he's going through (= a period of development that will end soon). 安德鲁的业余时间全花在了玩电脑上，不过这可能只是一个阶段罢了。

  • We're decorating the house in stages so it won't be ready for another couple of months. 我们在逐步装修房子，所以还得几个月才能就绪。

  • Once its fuel supply runs out, each stage separates from the main part of the rocket and falls back to earth. 每一级在燃料燃尽后，就会从火箭主体上脱落，落回到地球上。

• 1 the area in a theatre that is often raised above ground level and on which actors or entertainers perform -- 舞台

  • Hamlet is on stage for most of the act. 这一幕的大部分时间哈姆雷特都出场。

  • The orchestra went on/off stage to great applause. 管弦乐队在雷鸣般的掌声中登场／走下舞台。

  • The play is a stage adaptation of William Golding's novel. 这部戏是根据威廉‧戈尔丁的小说改编的舞台剧。

  • The singer returns to the Oslo stage (= will perform again in Oslo) this summer. 那位歌手今夏将重返奥斯陆舞台。

  • The president was extremely popular on the world stage but was disliked in his own country. 总统在世界舞台上极受欢迎，但在本国却不受拥戴。

• 2 to arrange and perform a play or show -- 上演，演出

  • The local drama group is staging a production of the musical "Grease". 当地剧团正在演出音乐剧《油脂》。

  • London staged the Olympic Games in 2012. 伦敦于2012年举办了奥运会。