context /ˈkɒntɛkst/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-VAR The context of an idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood. 背景

  例：

  We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.

  我们正在经济、社会和文化领域改革的背景下从事这项工作。

  例：

  It helps to understand the historical context in which Chaucer wrote.

  这有助于理解乔叟创作时的历史背景。

• 2. 

  N-VAR 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. 语境

  例：

  Without a context, I would have assumed it was written by a man.

  如果没有一个语境，我会以为这是由一个男人写的。

• 3. 

  PHRASE 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. 联系背景地

  例：

  Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context.

  征税原则上不受大众欢迎，只是联系背景看是可接受的。

• 4. 

  PHRASE 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. 脱离语境地

  例：

  Thomas says that he has been quoted out of context.

  托马斯说，他的话被断章取义了。