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context n.上下文,语境；背景,环境 Context comes from the Latin for how something is made. It was first used to talk about writing, as in "the beautiful phrase occurs in the context of the concluding paragraph." We use it now to talk about any circumstance in which something happens. You might say that you can't understand what happens without looking at the context. When someone takes your words but makes it sound like you meant something else, they've taken your words out of context. ★★★☆☆ 2012.3

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['kɔntekst] Context means the setting of a word or event. If your friend is furious at you for calling her your worst enemy, remind her that the context of those remarks was Opposite Day. We aim to be objective, but we cannot escape the context of our unique life experience. 1[N-VAR 可变名词](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.   [usu with supp]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。...the historical context in which Chaucer wrote...乔叟写作的历史背景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。2[N-VAR 可变名词]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。3[PHRASE 短语]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。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。4[PHRASE 短语]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。Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context.引语可能会被篡改，使用时断章取义。

英语单词	context
英美音标	['kɔntekst]
中文释义	n.上下文,语境；背景,环境
vocab简明	Context means the setting of a word or event. If your friend is furious at you for calling her your worst enemy, remind her that the context of those remarks was Opposite Day.
vocab扩展	Context comes from the Latin for how something is made. It was first used to talk about writing, as in "the beautiful phrase occurs in the context of the concluding paragraph." We use it now to talk about any circumstance in which something happens. You might say that you can't understand what happens without looking at the context. When someone takes your words but makes it sound like you meant something else, they've taken your words out of context.
真题原句	We aim to be objective, but we cannot escape the context of our unique life experience.
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词](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. [usu with supp] 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。 ...the historical context in which Chaucer wrote... 乔叟写作的历史背景 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。 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]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。 3 [PHRASE 短语]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。 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。 4 [PHRASE 短语]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。 Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context. 引语可能会被篡改，使用时断章取义。
来源	2012.3

Context Talk Words N Var 可变名词 Text Meaning Phrase