background
n. 出身,背景; 底色; 幕后; 背景音
Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
Moulded by his background, he could not escape the traditional role of strict father...
受成长环境的影响,他摆脱不了严父的传统角色。
She came from a working-class background...
她出身于工人家庭。
The background to an event or situation consists of the facts that explain what caused it.
The background to the current troubles is provided by the dire state of the country's economy...
目前的问题是在国家经济岌岌可危的背景下出现的。
The meeting takes place against a background of continuing political violence.
这次会议是在政治暴力连续不断的背景下召开的。
The background is sounds, such as music, which you can hear but which you are not listening to with your full attention.
I kept hearing the sound of applause in the background...
我不断听到隐约的鼓掌声。
...police sirens wailing in the background...
隐约传来的警笛呼啸声。
You can use background to refer to the things in a picture or scene that are less noticeable or important than the main things or people in it.
...roses patterned on a blue background...
蓝底上的玫瑰花样
Paint the background tones lighter and the colours cooler.
将背景色调涂淡一点,颜色偏冷一些。
1. a person's social heritage: previous experience or training;
2. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground;
3. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem;
4. extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured;
5. relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation;
6. the state of the environment in which a situation exists;
7. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
8. scenery hung at back of stage
1. understate the importance or quality of;
She has a lot of power, but likes to remain in the background.
她掌握不少权力, 但喜欢退居幕后.
He had learnt how to melt invisibly into the background.
他已经学会如何退居幕后.
Her dress has pink flowers on a white background.
她的衣服白底子上有粉红花朵.
The book's cover has white lettering on a blue background.
本书封面为蓝底白字.
She has a background in child psychology.
她受过儿童心理学的教育.