| 单词 | context |
| 释义 | context (once / 1043 pages) n 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. Context comes from the Latin for how something is made. It was first used to talk about writing, as in "the beautiful phrase occurs in the context of the concluding paragraph." We use it now to talk about any circumstance in which something happens. You might say that you can't understand what happens without looking at the context. When someone takes your words but makes it sound like you meant something else, they've taken your words out of context. WORD FAMILYcontext: contexts, contextual+/contextual: contextualism, contextually USAGE EXAMPLESTo put that in context, the UK is now streaming more songs in a week than it did in a month just three years ago. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) For context, the facility requires $10 million less than that per year to operate. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) But Williams told the judge last week the comments must be viewed in the context of racial stereotypes. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event the historical context Syn|Hypo|Hyper circumstance, setting conditions the set of circumstances that affect someone's welfare conditionsthe prevailing context that influences the performance or the outcome of a process environment the totality of surrounding conditions 2n discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation Syn|Hyper context of use, linguistic context discourse extended verbal expression in speech or writing |
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