backdrops

英 [ˈbækdrɒps]

美 [ˈbækˌdrɑps]

n.  (舞台的)背景幕布; (事件发生时)周围陪衬景物; (事态或活动的)背景
backdrop的复数

柯林斯词典

• （挂在舞台后部的）彩画幕布，背景幕布
  Abackdropis a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
• N-COUNT （实物或景象的）背景，衬托
  Thebackdropto an object or a scene is what you see behind it.
  1. Leeds Castle will provide a dramatic backdrop to a fireworks display next Saturday...
     利兹堡将为下周六的烟花燃放提供美妙的背景衬托。
  2. Light colours provide an effective backdrop for pictures or a mirror.
     浅色是挂放图画或镜子很有效果的衬托。
• N-COUNT （事件的）背景
  Thebackdropto an event is the general situation in which it happens.
  1. The election will take place against a backdrop of increasing instability.
     选举将在愈加动荡不安的局势下举行。

双语例句

• There are fewer stories than there are people on earth; the plots repeated ceaselessly while the names and backdrops alter.
  世上故事比人少，同样的情节不断地重复，只是人名和背景有所变化。
• How to cook chicken seems at once a minor detail against backdrops of racism and economic struggle, and a key to finding a foothold among strangers.
  在种族主义和经济斗争的背景映衬之下，鸡肉烹饪方法似乎一度成为次要细节，成了在陌生人中找到落脚点的一个方法。
• Therefore it is of vital importance to reexamine and restore the aesthetic role and location under the new cultural backdrops.
  重新认识并在新的文化背景下还原美学原本的角色定位，大有利于学科的健康发展。
• Britons, meanwhile, are adopting the prom at its most traditional, with prom queens and kings and professional photographers favoring pastel backdrops.
  而英国人正在以最传统的方式引入这种舞会，舞会上会有舞王和舞后，专业摄影师布置出色调柔和的背景。
• Furthermore, the author not only interprets the history of polarization of landowning elite from the political, economic and psychological angles but also analyzes the characteristics and impacts of the polarization in this period in the light of historical and realistic backdrops.
  作者不但从政治、经济及心理等角度解读了农民阶级分化的历史，而且还从历史、现实的原因分析了该时期农民阶级分化的特点与影响。
• In view of the above, this dissertation try to discuss in detail and systemically on the backdrops, course and impacts of Wilkes Events, expecting to have an comprehensive understanding of it.
  鉴于此，本文试图对威尔克斯事件的背景、经过及影响进行较为详细和系统的论述，以期对该事件有一个较为全面的认识。
• Quito wraps itself around the base of Pichincha, a snow-capped volcano that provides one of the most unique backdrops of any city on earth.
  基多环绕着皮钦查火山的山脚&一座积雪的火山，世界上最奇特的风景之一。
• For instance, by reducing the number of virtual desktops, you have may save some memory, particularly if you are using large bitmaps as backdrops.
  举例来说，通过减少虚拟桌面的个数，也许可以节省一些内存，使用较大的位图作为背景时尤其如此。
• There are pending court cases on whether photographers can use private buildings as backdrops.
  关于摄影师能否用私人建筑作为拍摄背景，这儿也有几个悬而未决的案例。
• Chapter Four "Causes of the Theme of Loneliness in The Scarlet Letter" goes to the discussion on the causes of the loneliness theme in the novel in terms of Hawthorne's lonely life in his youth, and the social backdrops of the novel.
  第四章《红字》中孤独主题的创作缘由从霍桑青年时期的孤独经历和小说的社会背景两方面讨论了霍桑表现孤独主题的原因。