词典释义：
the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed
（事件、声明或观念的）环境；背景；来龙去脉
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the proposals need to be considered in the context of new European directives .要联系新的欧洲指令的背景来考虑这些提议。
the parts of something written or spoken that immediately precede and follow a word or passage and clarify its meaning
（词、段落的）上下文，语境。
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in context considered together with the surrounding words or circumstances 联系上下文；在上下文中the complex meaning of irony is only graspable in context . 讽刺的复杂含意只有联系上下文才能领会 -
out of context without the surrounding words or circumstances and so not fully understandable 脱离上下文；割裂地the article portrayed her as domineering by dropping quotes from her out of context . 这篇文章通过对她的话断章取义把她描写得盛气凌人
"late Middle English （denoting the construction of a text）： from Latin
