context
英 [ˈkɒn.tekst]
美 [ˈkɑːn.tekst]
context 背景,上下文con-, 强调。-text, 编织,词源同texture, pretext.
- context
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context: see text
- context (n.)
- early 15c., from Latin contextus "a joining together," originally past participle of contexere "to weave together," from com- "together" (see com-) + texere "to weave, to make" (see texture (n.)).
- 1. 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。
- 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。
- 3. 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。
- 4. Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context.
- 引语可能会被篡改,使用时断章取义。
- 5. 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。