context
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkɒn.tekst/ us/ˈkɑːn.tekst/
(CAUSE OF EVENT)
B2 （事情存在、发生的）背景，环境
the situation within which something exists or happens, and that can help explain it
It is important to see all the fighting and bloodshed in his plays in historical context. 结合历史背景解读他戏剧作品中所有的争斗和流血事件，这点很重要。
This small battle is very important in the context of Scottish history. 这场小战役在苏格兰历史上非常重要。
- More examples
- To understand this issue, it must first be situated in its context.
- The production is deliberately styleless, and this takes the play out of its historical context.
- What was the context you found the word in?
- He thinks smacking is OK in the context of a happy family.
- His remarks were very tasteless in the context of a memorial service.
(LANGUAGE)
C1 上下文;语境
the text or speech that comes immediately before and after a particular phrase or piece of text and helps to explain its meaning
In this exercise, a word is blanked out and you have to guess what it is by looking at the context. 在这个练习中，有一个单词被抽去了，你必须根据上下文猜测这个单词是什么。
out of context 脱离上下文
If words are used out of context, only a small separate part of what was originally said or written is reported, with the result that their meaning is not clear or is not understood.
The reporter took my remarks completely out of context. 记者引用我的话完全是断章取义。
He claimed to have been quoted out of context.
She stood by her husband and insisted that his remarks had been taken out of context.
Out of context, this paragraph makes absolutely no sense.
She said that the quotation attributed to her was accurate but out of context.