upstage

英 [ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ]

美 [ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ]

adv./adj.  在(或向)舞台后部
v.  抢…的镜头; 把对…的注意吸引过来

过去分词：upstaged　过去式：upstaged　现在分词：upstaging　第三人称单数：upstages　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19146 / COCA.20083

牛津词典

adv.

adj.

• 在（或向）舞台后部
  at or towards the back of the stage in a theatre

verb

• 抢…的镜头；把对…的注意吸引过来
  to say or do sth that makes people notice you more than the person that they should be interested in
  1. She was furious at being upstaged by her younger sister.
     她被妹妹抢去风头，感到气愤不已。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 在舞台后部；朝舞台后面
  When an actor isupstageor movesupstage, he or she is or moves towards the back part of the stage.
  1. Upstage and right of centre, Robert Morris stands with his back to the audience...
     舞台后方偏右处，罗伯特·莫里斯背对观众站着。
  2. Position a camera upstage...
     在舞台后面安置一部摄影机。
  3. They slowly moved from upstage left into the centre.
     他们慢慢地从舞台后方的左侧移至正中。
  4. Upstageis also an adjective.
     
  5. ...the large upstage box that Noble used for his 1990 production of King Lear.
     诺布尔在1990制作《李尔王》时使用过的大型舞台背景箱子
• VERB 使相形见绌；抢…的风头
  If someoneupstagesyou, they draw attention away from you by being more attractive or interesting.
  1. He had a younger brother who always publicly upstaged him...
     他有一个弟弟，总是公然抢他的风头。
  2. He upstages her by flirting with other women.
     他与其他女人调情，故意怠慢她。

英英释义

noun

• the rear part of the stage

verb

• steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
  1. When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress
• move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
• treat snobbishly, put in one's place

adj

• remote in manner
  1. stood apart with aloof dignity
  2. a distant smile
  3. he was upstage with strangers
  Synonym:aloofdistant
• of the back half of a stage
  1. she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience

adv

• at or toward the rear of the stage
  1. the dancers were directed to move upstage

双语例句

• He seems to be attempting to upstage the prime minister.
  他似乎正试图使自己比首相更突出。
• Russia's president hoped at one point to nip up to Riga to upstage the NATO summit and mark the birthday of his French counterpart and friend, Jacques Chirac& but this plan fizzled out.
  俄罗斯总统曾希望前往里加短暂一行，一方面抢抢北约首脑会议的风头，另一方面为法国总统、他的老朋友雅克·希拉克庆祝生日。但这一计划未能实施。
• He upstage the other speaker by illustrate his talk with slides.
  他演讲中配上幻灯片，比其他演讲人更吸引听众。
• Bride dress not showy, upstage the bride, but can not be too casual.
  打扮不能比新娘艳丽，抢了新娘的风头，但是也不能太过于随便。
• Upstage and right of centre, Robert Morris stands with his back to the audience
  舞台后方偏右处，罗伯特·莫里斯背对观众站着。
• A vice president who repeatedly tried to upstage the president.
  屡次欲抢总统镜头的副总统。
• In the meantime, make sure your hands do not upstage your ideas.
  在这同时，注意不要使打手势和表达思想本末倒置。
• Move ( another actor) upstage, forcing him to turn away from the audience.
  抢别的演员的戏，强迫他厌恶观众。
• Whenever a new system that tried to upstage UNIX came along, somebody would dissect the newcomer and clone its central ideas into UNIX.
  无论什么时候出现一个新的系统想要抢过Unix的风头，总会有人将其剖析，并将它的中心思想克隆到Unix中。
• They slowly moved from upstage left into the centre.
  他们慢慢地从舞台后方的左侧移至正中。