upstage
upstage 英 [ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ] 美 [ˈʌpˈstedʒ]
vt. 抢…镜头；使相形见绌 adj. 自负的；在舞台后部的 adv. 在舞台后方
进行时:upstaging 过去式:upstaged 过去分词:upstaged 第三人称单数:upstages 名词复数:upstages
- To upstage is to steal the show. If you try to upstage your "Grease" costar, you'll attempt to pull the audience's attention away from him and onto you at the back of the stage doing cartwheels.
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- vt. 抢…镜头；使相形见绌
- adj. 自负的；在舞台后部的
- adv. 在舞台后方
- n. 舞台后部
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1. During her presidential bid her campaign team were mindful that Bill could both upstage his wife and embarrass her, sometimes on the same day.
在竞选总统期间，她的竞选班子意识到比尔会抢了她的风头，或者会让她难堪，甚至这两种情形会同时发生。
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2. Sharapova will upstage them all.
莎拉波娃将搞成所有。
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3. Obama's commitment to attend the talks was welcomed by the UN and many environment groups but dismissed by others as a photo opportunity designed to upstage the other 60 world leaders.
奥巴马参与会谈的承诺得到了联合国以及许多环境组织的欢迎，也有人不屑一顾地认为他只是为了赚足眼球，意在让其他60国的领导人相比之下黯然失色。
- upstage (adv.) 1855 in theatrical jargon, "to the rear of the stage," from up (adv.) + stage (n.). From 1901 as an adjective, 1916 as a noun. The notion in the verb (1921) is of drawing attention to oneself (and away from a fellow actor) by moving upstage, so that the other actor must face away from the audience. Related: Upstaged; upstaging.
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