take/quote something out of contextUNFAIRto repeat part of what someone has said or written without describing the situation in which it was said, so that it means something quite different 脱离背景地复述某事，把某事断章取义 His comments, taken out of context, seem harsh. 如果不考虑当时的情形，他的那番话似乎很严厉。
take/quote something out of context• By confusing unrelated issues and taking information out of context, you do readers a great disservice.• This has been taken completely out of context.• Jennings accused the program of quoting him out of context.
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