单词 | upstage |
释义 | upstage adj, adv 1 at or towards the back of a theatre stage 在或向舞台後部(的) an,upstage `door 舞台後门 move upstage 向舞台後部移动. 2 (infml 口) snobbish(ly) 势利(的); 谄上欺下(的) They´re much too upstage for us these days. 他们近来对我们太势利了. upstage, v [Tn] 1 cause (an actor) to face away from the audience by moving nearer the back of the stage than him (自己向舞台後部移动)使(另一演员)无法面向观众. 2 (fig 比喻) divert attention from (sb) towards oneself; put at a disadvantage 将他人注意力从(某人)引向自己; 使处於不利地位 He upstaged the other speakers by illustrating his talk with slides. 他演讲中配上幻灯片, 比其他演讲人更吸引听众. |
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