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N-VAR
(想法、事件等的)背景，環境
The context of an idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood.
例句
We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres.
我們是在對經濟、社會、文化諸領域進行改革的背景下從事這項工作的。
...the historical context in which Chaucer wrote...
喬叟寫作的歷史背景
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N-VAR
上下文;語境
The context of a word, sentence, or text consists of the words, sentences, or text before and after it which help to make its meaning clear.
例句
Without a context, I would have assumed it was written by a man.
如果沒有上下文，我會以為這是出自一名男子筆下。
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PHRASE
在上下文中;置于背景之下
If something is seen in context or if it is put into context, it is considered together with all the factors that relate to it.
例句
Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context...
征稅基本上是不受歡迎的，在一定情境中才勉強為人接受。
It is important that we put Jesus into the context of history.
我們將耶穌置于歷史環境中來看是很重要的。
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PHRASE
脫離上下文;斷章取義地
If a statement or remark is quoted out of context, the circumstances in which it was said are not correctly reported, so that it seems to mean something different from the meaning that was intended.
例句
Thomas says that he has been taken out of context on the issue...
托馬斯說，在這個問題上他的話被斷章取義了。
Quotes can be manipulated and used out of context.
引語可能會被篡改，使用時斷章取義。