context

复数：contexts

1. [C][U]背景,环境 the general conditions in which an event, action, etc., take place
2. [C]上下文,前后关联 the words that come before and after another word or a sentence

in the context of在…情况下；在…背景下

in this context关于这点；由此而论；由于这个原因；在这个背景下

cultural context文化环境，文化脉络

social context社会背景；社会环境；社会情境

context menu上下文菜单；右键菜单；快显功能表；快捷菜单

linguistic context语言语境；语言的前后关系

out of context断章取义；脱离上下文

device context设备描述表

context of situation语言环境；情景上下文

context switch上下文切换；环境切换；关联转换

1. It is usually easier to pick out the meaning of a phrase in a given context.
   在特定的上下文中理解一个短语的含意往往要更容易些。
2. In the context of the present economic crisis it seems unwise to lower taxes.
   鉴於当前的经济危机，降低税率似乎不妥。
3. This speech needs to be set in the context of Britain in the 1960s.
   这篇演说需要放到20世纪60年代的英国这一背景之下来看待。