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Definition of upstage in English: upstageadjective & adverb ʌpˈsteɪdʒˌəpˈsteɪdʒ 1At or towards the back of a theatre stage. 在舞台后部的；往舞台后部（的） as adverb Hamlet turns to face upstage 哈姆雷特转身面向舞台后部。 as adjective an upstage exit Example sentencesExamples - The dancers marched upstage and down in front of the upstage screen.
- With a sigh, she sat down on the brown, wooden stairs that led upstage.
- The set designed by Rosas consisted of gauzy drapery of brilliant yellow hung in scallops across the center stage, while a somber gray archway loomed behind it upstage center.
- The worthy fellow travels with heavy heart all the way to Bohemia, there to abandon the babe, whereupon he exits upstage right.
- The sounds of a music box shifted into gusting wind as one group of dancers exited upstage while another solemnly entered.
- A life-size living room contrasts nicely with a miniature house, a full-size segment of a ship downstage with the entire ship in miniature upstage.
- Kit Conner enters upstage left and crosses to downstage right and sits down on the table with feet on chair.
- Dominating the upstage wall is a crude collage of dust-weathered letters that provides a screen on which slides are projected.
- Taylor's set employs a ballet bar set diagonally upstage from down stage right.
- His set was ingenious: An upstage curtain glided laterally, exposing a background that changed color and shape as dancers entered and exited in silhouette.
- While the front of the stage was visible, upstage was hidden behind patched curtains of a faded blue with gold trim.
- As the audience entered the stage was set up as a shabby music room: there was a straight-backed piano upstage right and various basic wooden chairs arranged with music stands.
- Complete with all the amenities you'd find in an office, desk, chairs, computers, water fountain; you could also see a second office through the door upstage.
- The work begins with first one, then another of the dancers, wearing dark business suits and carrying metal briefcases, coming onstage, then moving in repetitive phalanx formations, upstage to down.
- They part to reveal a man hanging upside down from a wall upstage, and a woman, standing in a spotlight down stage, reaching out to him.
- With stage shutters open to reveal a large drawing-room extending upstage, the partygoers are grouped around different card tables and involved in their card games.
- I went behind the upstage curtain, a place I had never been.
- What I question is Zeffirelli's decision to set the action in what looks like a mix of Art Deco hotel lobby and theatre foyer, with a fake audience on stage and characters making upstage entrances through a false arch.
- He stands and using his cane starts to exit upstage.
- The moment passed and the four resumed their explorations, eventually exiting upstage.
2dated, informal as adjective Superior; aloof. 〈非正式，旧〉傲慢的，冷漠的 this upstage reserve is rather ridiculous
verbʌpˈsteɪdʒˌəpˈsteɪdʒ 1with object Divert attention from (someone) towards oneself. 把注意力引向自己；抢戏（镜头）；使暗淡失色 they were totally upstaged by their co-star in the film 影片中他们的戏全被合作影星抢了。 Example sentencesExamples - But it does have a tremendous knack for upstaging its neighbour.
- Some people say the they upstaged us but we're not concerned about these things.
- He is furious with them for upstaging him on this political issue.
- No spectacle could upstage the old soldiers, their recollections filled not with tales of their own part in the liberation, but with tributes to their comrades who fought and fell alongside them.
- There have been times when we played together and I upstaged my father.
- Do people try to upstage the bride and turn up in purple satin wedding dresses?
- Phelps is threatening to even upstage Aussie sensation Ian Thorpe and their battle in the 200m freestyle promises to be one of the great highlights of the Games.
- His young son, David Junior - who also featured in Bugsy Malone at the Forum - came close to upstaging his Dad on this occasion, playing not one, but two roles as one of the monkeys and one of the crows.
- Glen is a team player, never in the business of upstaging his colleagues.
- Bart attempts to upstage Lisa when the pair co-host a children's news program.
- It is so heavily plot-driven, and you do feel you're upstaged by the props.
- It's an unwritten rule of weddings that you don't upstage the bride on her big day.
- Moreover, she danced to the tunes, even upstaging the professional dancers.
- Her power lay in her beauty and she used it as a weapon, dressing to please, to tease and even, on one mischievous occasion, to upstage her husband.
- Never again can a Prime Minister allow his number two to upstage him like that.
- Caroline looked beautiful and stole the show but she was nearly upstaged by the hat worn by her future mother-in-law Kate Loughran.
- Personally, I thought he was probably an attention seeker attempting to upstage me.
- Give them a chance to make an exhibition of themselves and these two never miss the opportunity, as they did while attempting to upstage the president's address to Parliament.
- Though she gave a sharp, sassy performance, she was upstaged by the ample curves of Marilyn Monroe.
- Rebecca later denied claims that the star had attempted to upstage her.
Synonyms surpass, outshine, do better than 2(of an actor) move towards the back of a stage to make (another actor) face away from the audience. （演员）移向舞台后部迫使（另一演员）无法面向观众 when he tried to upstage her she sauntered down to the front of the stage Example sentencesExamples - The actors upstage each other, and sometimes abandon the stage altogether, as part of this approach.
- Actors find little pleasure in being upstaged.
Rhymesage, assuage, backstage, cage, downstage, engage, enrage, gage, gauge, mage, multistage, offstage, onstage, Osage, page, Paige, rage, rampage, sage, stage, swage, under-age, wage Definition of upstage in US English: upstageadjective & adverbˌəpˈsteɪdʒˌəpˈstāj 1At or toward the back of a theater stage. 在舞台后部的；往舞台后部（的） as adverb Hamlet turns to face upstage 哈姆雷特转身面向舞台后部。 as adjective an upstage exit Example sentencesExamples - As the audience entered the stage was set up as a shabby music room: there was a straight-backed piano upstage right and various basic wooden chairs arranged with music stands.
- They part to reveal a man hanging upside down from a wall upstage, and a woman, standing in a spotlight down stage, reaching out to him.
- Complete with all the amenities you'd find in an office, desk, chairs, computers, water fountain; you could also see a second office through the door upstage.
- The work begins with first one, then another of the dancers, wearing dark business suits and carrying metal briefcases, coming onstage, then moving in repetitive phalanx formations, upstage to down.
- The sounds of a music box shifted into gusting wind as one group of dancers exited upstage while another solemnly entered.
- His set was ingenious: An upstage curtain glided laterally, exposing a background that changed color and shape as dancers entered and exited in silhouette.
- With stage shutters open to reveal a large drawing-room extending upstage, the partygoers are grouped around different card tables and involved in their card games.
- Taylor's set employs a ballet bar set diagonally upstage from down stage right.
- The worthy fellow travels with heavy heart all the way to Bohemia, there to abandon the babe, whereupon he exits upstage right.
- He stands and using his cane starts to exit upstage.
- Kit Conner enters upstage left and crosses to downstage right and sits down on the table with feet on chair.
- A life-size living room contrasts nicely with a miniature house, a full-size segment of a ship downstage with the entire ship in miniature upstage.
- The set designed by Rosas consisted of gauzy drapery of brilliant yellow hung in scallops across the center stage, while a somber gray archway loomed behind it upstage center.
- With a sigh, she sat down on the brown, wooden stairs that led upstage.
- What I question is Zeffirelli's decision to set the action in what looks like a mix of Art Deco hotel lobby and theatre foyer, with a fake audience on stage and characters making upstage entrances through a false arch.
- Dominating the upstage wall is a crude collage of dust-weathered letters that provides a screen on which slides are projected.
- While the front of the stage was visible, upstage was hidden behind patched curtains of a faded blue with gold trim.
- The dancers marched upstage and down in front of the upstage screen.
- I went behind the upstage curtain, a place I had never been.
- The moment passed and the four resumed their explorations, eventually exiting upstage.
- 1.1dated, informal as adjective Superior; aloof.
〈非正式，旧〉傲慢的，冷漠的
verbˌəpˈsteɪdʒˌəpˈstāj [with object]1Divert attention from (someone) toward oneself; outshine. 把注意力引向自己；抢戏（镜头）；使暗淡失色 they were totally upstaged by their costar in the film 影片中他们的戏全被合作影星抢了。 Example sentencesExamples - No spectacle could upstage the old soldiers, their recollections filled not with tales of their own part in the liberation, but with tributes to their comrades who fought and fell alongside them.
- Her power lay in her beauty and she used it as a weapon, dressing to please, to tease and even, on one mischievous occasion, to upstage her husband.
- Personally, I thought he was probably an attention seeker attempting to upstage me.
- He is furious with them for upstaging him on this political issue.
- Moreover, she danced to the tunes, even upstaging the professional dancers.
- Though she gave a sharp, sassy performance, she was upstaged by the ample curves of Marilyn Monroe.
- Give them a chance to make an exhibition of themselves and these two never miss the opportunity, as they did while attempting to upstage the president's address to Parliament.
- There have been times when we played together and I upstaged my father.
- It is so heavily plot-driven, and you do feel you're upstaged by the props.
- But it does have a tremendous knack for upstaging its neighbour.
- Bart attempts to upstage Lisa when the pair co-host a children's news program.
- Rebecca later denied claims that the star had attempted to upstage her.
- It's an unwritten rule of weddings that you don't upstage the bride on her big day.
- Do people try to upstage the bride and turn up in purple satin wedding dresses?
- His young son, David Junior - who also featured in Bugsy Malone at the Forum - came close to upstaging his Dad on this occasion, playing not one, but two roles as one of the monkeys and one of the crows.
- Never again can a Prime Minister allow his number two to upstage him like that.
- Glen is a team player, never in the business of upstaging his colleagues.
- Caroline looked beautiful and stole the show but she was nearly upstaged by the hat worn by her future mother-in-law Kate Loughran.
- Phelps is threatening to even upstage Aussie sensation Ian Thorpe and their battle in the 200m freestyle promises to be one of the great highlights of the Games.
- Some people say the they upstaged us but we're not concerned about these things.
Synonyms surpass, outshine, do better than - 1.1 (of an actor) move toward the back of a stage to make (another actor) face away from the audience.
（演员）移向舞台后部迫使（另一演员）无法面向观众 Example sentencesExamples - The actors upstage each other, and sometimes abandon the stage altogether, as part of this approach.
- Actors find little pleasure in being upstaged.
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