the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed (事件、声明或观念的)环境;背景;来龙去脉 the proposals need to be considered in the context of new European directives. 要联系新的欧洲指令的背景来考虑这些提议。 ■the parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning (词、段落的)上下文,语境
常用词组 in context
considered together with the surrounding words or circumstances 联系上下文;在上下文中 the complex meaning of irony is only graspable in context. 讽刺的复杂含意只有联系上下文才能领会。
out of context
without the surrounding words or circumstances and so not fully understandable 脱离上下文;割裂地 the article portrayed her as domineering by dropping quotes from her out of context. 这篇文章通过对她的话断章取义把她描写得盛气凌人。
派生 contextual adjective contextually adverb 语源
late Middle English (denoting the construction of a text): from Latin contextus, from con- 'together' + texere 'to weave'