contexts

英 [ˈkɒntɛksts]

美 [ˈkɑnˌtɛksts]

n.  (事情发生的)背景，环境，来龙去脉; 上下文; 语境
context的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (想法、事件等的)背景，环境
  Thecontext ofan idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood.
  1. We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
     我们是在对经济、社会、文化诸领域进行改革的背景下从事这项工作的。
  2. ...the historical context in which Chaucer wrote...
     乔叟写作的历史背景
  3. This is the context in which President Chirac must decide his policy.
     这是希拉克总统必须确定其政策的背景。
• N-VAR 上下文;语境
  Thecontextof a word, sentence, or text consists of the words, sentences, or text before and after it which help to make its meaning clear.
  1. Without a context, I would have assumed it was written by a man.
     如果没有上下文，我会以为这是出自一名男子笔下。
• PHRASE 在上下文中;置于背景之下
  If something is seenin contextor if it is putinto context, it is considered together with all the factors that relate to it.
  1. Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context...
     征税基本上是不受欢迎的，在一定情境中才勉强为人接受。
  2. It is important that we put Jesus into the context of history.
     我们将耶稣置于历史环境中来看是很重要的。
• PHRASE 脱离上下文;断章取义地
  If a statement or remark is quotedout of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
  1. Thomas says that he has been taken out of context on the issue...
     托马斯说，在这个问题上他的话被断章取义了。
  2. Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context.
     引语可能会被篡改，使用时断章取义。

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