context

1. N-VAR The context of an idea or event is the general situation that relates to it, and which helps it to be understood. 背景

We are doing this work in the context of reforms in the economic, social and cultural spheres. 我們正在經濟、社會和文化領域改革的背景下從事這項工作。

It helps to understand the historical context in which Chaucer wrote. 這有助於理解喬叟創作時的歷史背景。

2. N-VAR 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. 語境

Without a context, I would have assumed it was written by a man. 如果沒有一個語境，我會以爲這是由一個男人寫的。

3. PHRASE 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. 聯系背景地

Taxation is not popular in principle, merely acceptable in context. 征稅原則上不受大衆歡迎，衹是聯系背景看是可接受的。

4. PHRASE 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. 脫離語境地

Thomas says that he has been quoted out of context. 托馬斯說，他的話被斷章取義了。