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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The West's use of China as a cultural and artistic setting is unmatched by any Chinese use of Europe or America as backdrops for its own cultural productions.
  西方对于中国文化以及艺术平的使用与中国对于欧洲或是美国文化的使用与其自身文化产品对文化的使用程度不可同日而语。
• 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。
• I have to make a banner and some backdrops.
  我要做一个横幅及一些背景字。
• 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。
• 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。
• Have started to glitz up their shows with filmed backdrops ( bBill Barol)
  用朦胧的背景来装璜他们的表演（b比尔巴罗尔）
• Much of the new construction jars with traditional architecture, and has blemished some previously stunning mountain backdrops.
  新式的建筑工程与古老的房屋结构极不搭调，也成为破坏原来山水美景的“败笔”。