contexts

英 [ˈkɒntɛksts]

美 [ˈkɑnˌtɛksts]

n.  (事情发生的)背景，环境，来龙去脉; 上下文; 语境
context的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR (想法、事件等的)背景，环境
  Thecontext ofan idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the historical context in which Chaucer wrote...
     乔叟写作的历史背景
  3. 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。
• N-VAR 上下文;语境
  Thecontextof a word, sentence, or text consists of the words, sentences, or text before and after it which help to make its meaning clear.
  1. 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。
• PHRASE 在上下文中;置于背景之下
  If something is seenin contextor if it is putinto context, it is considered together with all the factors that relate to it.
  1. 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。
  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。
• PHRASE 脱离上下文;断章取义地
  If a statement or remark is quotedout 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.
  1. 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。
  2. Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context.
     引语可能会被篡改，使用时断章取义。

双语例句

• 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。
• They understand the importance of teaching grammar and language usage within age and culturally appropriate contexts.
  他们理解在适龄的学生和适当的文化语境中进行语法教学和语言应用的重要性。
• There are many more connections and contexts to think about but this will give you a start.
  虽然还有更多的联系和社会背景需要思考，但你们可以从上面的问题开始。
• Pragmatics is the study of linguistic acts and the contexts in which they are performed.
  语用学是对语言行为以及实施这些行为的语境所作的研究。
• 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。
• In these contexts the "information" part of "Information and Entropy" is important.
  在这些课程中，资讯与熵中的「资讯」部分是比较重要的。
• Being able to evaluate a DSL script in multiple contexts begins to blur the line between code and data.
  在多个上下文中对DSL进行求解的能力，模糊了代码和数据之间的界线。
• Its universality would require extracting mathematics teaching and learning from the social and cultural contexts that render them intelligible.
  宏伟理论所具备的普遍性要求将数学的教与学从使它们易懂的社会或者文化语境中提取出来。
• In some contexts, the words "cheap" and "Chinese" are interchangeable.
  在某些语境里，词语“便宜的”和“中国的”可以互换。
• But we need different friends for different contexts.
  但我们在不同场合下需要不同的朋友。