名词

Learning Vocabulary-(学习词汇)

1. (想法、事件等的)背景，环境
The context of an idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood.

2. 上下文;语境
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.

3. 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.

4. 脱离上下文;断章取义地
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.

1. discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

Synonym: linguistic contextcontext of use

2. the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event

e.g. the historical context

Synonym: circumstancesetting