context

英 ['kɒntekst]美 ['kɑntɛkst]
  • n. 环境；上下文；来龙去脉
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中文词源

context 背景，上下文

con-, 强调。-text, 编织，词源同texture, pretext.

英文词源

context
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.)).

双语例句

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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
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。
来自《权威词典》