context
/ˈkɒntekst/noun
1- 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：
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。
1.1
- 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。
短语
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。
派生词
contextual
adjectivecontextually
adverb词源
late Middle English (denoting the construction of a text)： from Latin contextus, from con- 'together' + texere 'to weave'.