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

• 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。
• This is a technical idiomatic pattern relating to testing that I can easily anticipate needing in lots of contexts.
  这是与测试相关的一种技术惯用模式，我可在多个上下文中轻松预见该测试的有用性。
• 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。
• 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。
• The concept of nationality law has its broad or narrow sense in different contexts.
  摘要民族法概念在不同的语境中有广义和狭义之分。
• 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。
• The analysis of the learner characteristics and the learning contexts will be dramatically altered or even eliminated.
  对学习者特点和学习情境的分析将会大大改变，甚至被取消。
• But competition and competitiveness have different meanings in different contexts.
  但在不同的环境下，竞争和竞争力有不同的含义。
• To understand why people make different decisions about the same risk, you must understand their contexts.
  为了理解人们为何对同样的风险做出不同的决定，你必须理解他们所处的环境。
• For example, a sequence that validates a password may appear in multiple contexts in a given application.
  比如，在一个应用程序中，一个验证密码的序列很可能出现在多个上下文环境中。