context 英 [ˈkɒntekst]   美 [ˈkɑntekst]

context

context  英 [ˈkɒntekst] 美 [ˈkɑntekst]

n. 环境;上下文;来龙去脉 

名词复数:contexts 

His decision can only be understood in context. 只有了解来龙去脉才能明白他的决定。
You should be able to guess the meaning of the word from the context. 你应该能从上下文猜出这个词的含义。

  • Context means the setting of a word or event. If your friend is furious at you for calling her your worst enemy, remind her that the context of those remarks was Opposite Day.
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  • n. 环境;上下文;来龙去脉
  • 1. His decision can only be understood in context.

    只有了解来龙去脉才能明白他的决定。

  • 2. You should be able to guess the meaning of the word from the context.

    你应该能从上下文猜出这个词的含义。

  • 3. This quotation has been taken out of context .

    这条引语是断章取义。

  • context (n.) early 15c., "a composition, a chronicle, the entire text of a writing," from Latin contextus "a joining together," originally past participle of contexere "to weave together," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + texere "to weave, to make" (from PIE root *teks- "to weave," also "to fabricate").
con·text AWL / ˈkɒntekst ; NAmE ˈkɑːntekst / noun [countable ,  uncountable ] 1 the situation in which sth happens and that helps you to understand it (事情发生的)背景,环境,来龙去脉 This speech needs to be set in the context ofBritain 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。 His decision can only be understood in context. 只有了解来龙去脉才能明白他的决定。 2 the words that come just before and after a word, phrase or statement and help you to understand its meaning 上下文;语境 You should be able to guess the meaning of the word from the context. 你应该能从上下文猜出这个词的含义。 This quotation has been taken out of context (= repeated without giving the circumstances in which it was said). 这条引语是断章取义。 context contexts con·text / ˈkɒntekst ; NAmE ˈkɑːntekst /
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