background

noun

家庭、教育等 family/education, etc.

1. 出身背景；学历；经历
   the details of a person's family, education, experience etc.
   1. a person's family/social/cultural/educational/class background
      一个人的出身 / 社会 / 文化 / 教育 / 阶级背景
   2. The job would suit someone with a business background.
      这项工作适合有商务经验的人。

过去 past

2. （事态发展等的）背景
   the circumstances or past events which help explain why sth is how it is; information about these
   1. the historical background to the war
      这场战争的历史背景
   2. background information/knowledge
      背景资料 / 知识
   3. The elections are taking place against a background of violence.
      选举正在暴乱的情况下进行。
   4. Can you give me more background on the company?
      你能多提供一些这家公司的背景资料吗？

图画；照片 of picture/photo

3. 后景；背景
   the part of a picture, photograph or view behind the main objects, people, etc.
   1. a photograph with trees in the background
      以树木为远景的照片

次要位置 less important position

4. 不显眼的位置；幕后
   a position in which people are not paying attention to sb/sth or not as much attention as they are paying to sb/sth else
   1. He prefers to remain in the background and let his assistant talk to the press.
      他喜欢待在幕后，让他的助理向新闻界发布消息。
   2. A piano tinkled gently in the background .
      背景是悠扬的钢琴声。
   3. background music
      背景音乐
   4. There was a lot of background noise (= that you could hear, but were not listening to) .
      背景噪音很多。

底色 colour under sth

5. 底色；底花；底子
   a colour or design on which sth is painted, drawn, etc.
   1. The name of the company is written in red on a white background.
      公司的名称是用白底红字写的。

1. N-COUNT 出身背景；学历；经历
   Your background is the kind of family you come from and the kind of education you have had. It can also refer to such things as your social and racial origins, your financial status, or the type of work experience that you have.
   1. Moulded by his background, he could not escape the traditional role of strict father...
      受成长环境的影响，他摆脱不了严父的传统角色。
   2. She came from a working-class background...
      她出身于工人家庭。
   3. His background was in engineering.
      他有工程学背景。
2. N-COUNT （事件或情况的）背景
   The background to an event or situation consists of the facts that explain what caused it.
   1. The background to the current troubles is provided by the dire state of the country's economy...
      目前的问题是在国家经济岌岌可危的背景下出现的。
   2. The meeting takes place against a background of continuing political violence.
      这次会议是在政治暴力连续不断的背景下召开的。
   3. ...background information.
      背景信息
3. N-SING 背景声音；背景音乐
   The background is sounds, such as music, which you can hear but which you are not listening to with your full attention.
   1. I kept hearing the sound of applause in the background...
      我不断听到隐约的鼓掌声。
   2. ...police sirens wailing in the background...
      隐约传来的警笛呼啸声。
   3. The background music was provided by an accordion player.
      背景音乐是由一位手风琴乐手演奏的。
4. N-COUNT （画等的）后景
   You can use background to refer to the things in a picture or scene that are less noticeable or important than the main things or people in it.
   1. ...roses patterned on a blue background...
      蓝底上的玫瑰花样
   2. Paint the background tones lighter and the colours cooler.
      将背景色调涂淡一点，颜色偏冷一些。

1. We have a different background, a different history. Accordingly, we have the right to different futures
   我们有不同的背景和不同的历史。因此，我们有权拥有不同的未来。
2. The raw exam results make no allowance for social background.
   原始的考试成绩是不受社会背景影响的。
3. Moulded by his background, he could not escape the traditional role of strict father
   受成长环境的影响，他摆脱不了严父的传统角色。
4. She came from a working-class background
   她出身于工人家庭。
5. His background was in engineering.
   他有工程学背景。
6. The background to the current troubles is provided by the dire state of the country's economy
   目前的问题是在国家经济岌岌可危的背景下出现的。
7. The meeting takes place against a background of continuing political violence.
   这次会议是在政治暴力连续不断的背景下召开的。
8. I kept hearing the sound of applause in the background
   我不断听到隐约的鼓掌声。
9. The background music was provided by an accordion player.
   背景音乐是由一位手风琴乐手演奏的。
10. Paint the background tones lighter and the colours cooler.
    将背景色调涂淡一点，颜色偏冷一些。
11. His birth, background and career show that you can make it in this country on merit alone.
    他的出身、背景和职业表明，在这个国家仅凭自己的能力就可以取得成功。
12. Jennifer has an impressive academic and business background.
    珍妮弗有着让人印象深刻的学术和商务背景。
13. Quite evidently, it has nothing to do with social background.
    很显然这与社会背景没有任何关系。
14. In some of the pictures the subjects are out of focus while the background is sharp.
    一些照片背景很清晰，被摄主体却因失焦而显得模糊。
15. He hails from an affluent background
    他出身于一个富有的家庭。
16. He came from a fairly humble, poor background.
    他出生在一个地位相当低下的贫穷家庭。
17. They were two of a kind, from the same sort of background.
    他们俩是一类人，有相同的背景。
18. He nowhere offers concrete historical background to support his arguments
    他没给出具体的历史背景来支撑他的论点。
19. The sound of sirens was an omnipresent background noise in New York
    在纽约，警报声是无处不在的背景噪音。
20. There is classical music playing in the background.
    背景里有古典音乐在播放。
21. Her union reforms were played out against a background of rising unemployment
    她对工会的改革是在失业率不断上升的背景下展开的。
22. He will play a key background role in government policy-making.
    他将在政府的政策制定上起至关重要的幕后作用。
23. I grew to dislike the people from my background — they were rather uptight and prissy.
    我变得讨厌和我有着同样出身背景的人——他们太保守、太一本正经了。
24. Robbie was there with his family, keeping rather in the background.
    罗比和他的家人一起在那里，深居简出。
25. From an unlikely background he has risen rapidly through the ranks of government.
    虽然没有什么背景，但他在政府中的地位仍然迅速提高。
26. The Hungarian director has completed her powerful Diary trilogy, set against the background of events in her country.
    这名匈牙利导演已经完成了她震撼人心的“日记三部曲”，故事是以发生在她本国的事件为背景。
27. The book is full of amusing sidelights on his family background.
    书中有很多关于他家庭背景的趣闻。
28. In the background, in soft focus, we see his smiling wife.
    在背景部分，我们可以看到他妻子面带微笑的蒙影像。
29. The strings provided a melodic background to the passages played by the soloist
    弦乐组为独奏乐章配上了动听的背景乐。
30. Provide them with additional background or with supplementary information.
    给他们提供额外的背景资料或补充信息。

  setting background【导航词义：背景】

  setting n. 背景

〔辨析〕指戏剧、小说、电影等中情节发生的背景，包括人物活动的时间、地点和条件，也可指某处的环境。

  background n. 背景

〔辨析〕指舞台或图片的背景，现尤指某人或某事物的背景情况。

n.

in the background

• 在后台；背景的
  not being used at the present time and appearing on the screen behind programs that are being used

merge into the background

• 悄悄融入整体；不求闻达
  to behave quietly when you are with a group of people so that they do not notice you

noun

1. scenery hung at back of stage

   Synonym:    backdropbackcloth

2. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

   Synonym:    desktopscreen background

3. a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
   1. he is a lawyer with a sports background

4. information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
   1. the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident

   Synonym:    background knowledge

5. the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
   1. he posed her against a background of rolling hills

   Synonym:    ground

6. relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
   1. when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background

7. extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
   1. they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals

   Synonym:    background signal

8. the state of the environment in which a situation exists
   1. you can't do that in a university setting

   Synonym:    settingscope

verb

1. understate the importance or quality of
   1. he played down his royal ancestry

   Synonym:    play downdownplay