contextnoun
（事情发生的）背景，环境，来龙去脉
the situation in which sth happens and that helps you to understand it
This speech needs to be set in the context of Britain in the 1960s.
这篇演说需要放到20世纪60年代的英国这一背景之下来看待。
His decision can only be understood in context .
只有了解来龙去脉才能明白他的决定。
上下文；语境
the words that come just before and after a word, phrase or statement and help you to understand its meaning
You should be able to guess the meaning of the word from the context.
你应该能从上下文猜出这个词的含义。
This quotation has been taken out of context (= repeated without giving the circumstances in which it was said) .
这条引语是断章取义。
context
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N-VAR (想法、事件等的)背景，环境
The context of an idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood.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。
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N-VAR 上下文;语境
The context of a word, sentence, or text consists of the words, sentences, or text before and after it which help to make its meaning clear.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。
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PHRASE 在上下文中;置于背景之下
If something is seen in context or if it is put into context, it is considered together with all the factors that relate to it.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。
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PHRASE 脱离上下文;断章取义地
If a statement or remark is quoted out 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.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。
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Skilled readers make use of context and prediction .
阅读能力强的人会利用上下文及推测来理解文意。
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You should be able to guess the meaning of the word from the context .
你应该能从上下文猜出这个词的含义。
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You must place these events in their historical context .
必须把这些事件同它们的历史环境联系起来看。
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The book shows only a superficial understanding of the historical context .
这部书表现出对历史背景肤浅的理解。
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His decision can only be understood in context .
只有了解来龙去脉才能明白他的决定。
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This speech needs to be set in the context of Britain in the 1960s .
这篇演说需要放到20世纪60年代的英国这一背景之下来看待。
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In this course we hope to look at literature in the frame of its social and historical context .
在本课程中，我们希望从社会和历史背景的整体结构来看文学。
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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。
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It was this kind of historical context that Morris brought to his work
莫里斯的作品正是基于这样一种历史背景。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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One is also able to see how specific acts are related to a temporal and spatial context
人们也能看出具体行为是如何与时空相关联的。
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I would qualify that by putting it into context .
我会将它放入上下文中进行具体解释。
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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。
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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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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。
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Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts .
甚至看似毫无恶意的言辞在某些语境下都会引起冒犯。
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Oakley locates housework in the wider context of economic , social and political structures .
奥克利把家务置于更广泛的经济、社会和政治结构背景中。
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How do we situate Christianity in the context of modern physics and psychology ?
我们怎样把基督教放在现代物理学和心理学的背景下来考虑呢？
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Can you guess the meaning of the word from the context ?
你能从上下文猜出那词的意思吗？
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His heart bled over certain phrases taken out of context .
这几句断章取义的话好像很伤他的心。
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This sentence cannot be translated without reference to the context .
翻译这个句子非参照上下文不可。
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You can always tell the meaning of a word from its context .
你常可以从上下文中猜出词义来。
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He always provides a context that makes his characters believable .
他总是能够提供使他的人物形象逼真的背景。
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We mustn 't consider a question apart from its historical context .
我们不能割断历史看问题。
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This sentence does not seem to connect with the context .
这个句子似乎与上下文脱节。
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It is sometimes very difficult to tell the meaning of a sentence taken out of its context .
脱离上下文而想判明一句话的意思有时是很困难的。
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The only way boxing can be discussed is in the context of a caveman 's sport .
拳击只能在原始人的运动这个意义上加以讨论。
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During the first half of the present century this was virtually the case , though it is now appearing more frequently in purely British contexts .
在本世纪上半叶这一情况基本属实，但如今在纯属英国情景的上下文中它也更多地使用上了。