backgrounds

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT 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. (家庭、職業(yè)) 出身
The Warners were from a Jewish working-class background. 沃納一家人是猶太工人堦級(jí)出身。
2. N-COUNT The background to an event or situation consists of the facts that explain what caused it. 背景
The background to the current troubles is provided by the dire state of the country's economy. 目前這些問(wèn)題的背景是嚴(yán)峻的國(guó)家經(jīng)濟(jì)形勢(shì)。
The meeting takes place against a background of continuing political violence. 這次會(huì)議是在持續(xù)的政治暴力背景下召開(kāi)的。
3. N-SING Thebackground is sounds, such as music, that you can hear but that you are not listening to with your full attention. 背景聲音
I kept hearing the sound of applause in the background. 我不斷聽(tīng)到背景音中有掌聲。
4. N-COUNT 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. (圖畫(huà)、佈景等的) 背景
...roses patterned on a blue background. …印在藍(lán)色背景上的玫瑰。