Background
['bækgraʊnd] or ['bækɡraʊnd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear.
(noun.) a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; 'he is a lawyer with a sports background'.
(noun.) information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; 'the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident'.
(noun.) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; 'he posed her against a background of rolling hills'.
(noun.) relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; 'when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background'.
(noun.) extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; 'they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals'.
(verb.) understate the importance or quality of; 'he played down his royal ancestry'.
整理:纳撒尼尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front.
(n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.
(n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil; as, the statue had a background of red hangings.
(n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight.
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例句/造句/用法:
- It is only a hostile average-sensual-man background against which the philosophers and poets stand out. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- A background and entourage and flooring of deepest crimson threw her out, white like alabaster--like silver: rather, be it said, like Death. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- A voice in the background said that the doctor might be back at any minute--and that nothing, upstairs, was to be disturbed. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- The colleges submit to it whenever they concentrate their attention on the details of the student's vocation before they have built up some cultural background. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- One girl alonequite in the background, persevered in the riot with undiminished energy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The stripes were parallel silver lines on a black background sewed to the cloth of the sleeve about eight inches below the shoulder. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- One reason for this is that the dye used to color the fabric requires a clear white background, and loses its characteristic hues when its foundation is yellow instead of white. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- In a short time a white metallic image is obtained, which, when relieved by a background of black velvet or black varnish, equals in delicacy of finish the most beautiful Daguerreotypes. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Separate the paper print from the background or card by steaming it, after which dry thoroughly. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Agamemnon could not be got to show in his classical tunic, but stood in the background with Aegisthus and others of the performers of the little play. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- This image was the background of the eye, and its delicate blood vessels and tissues could thus be observed. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Mrs. Pryor, sitting in the background, did not come within the range of his glance, but the two younger ladies had the full benefit thereof. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But the heavy old-fashioned sash is slowly raised, and a head slowly looks in out of the dark background of night. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Some, if revived now and put to use, would throw proposed flying machines into the background, as they involved perpetual motion. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The former furnishes the background of growth; the latter constitute growing. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The mental and moral backgrounds of hundreds of millions of minds have been altered and are being altered by the stern lessons of this age. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- However, this introduction of the use of the atomiser caused quite a revolution in the art of applying colours to pottery in the forming of backgrounds. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
校對:朱莉娅