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- at or towards the back of a theatre stage在舞台后部的; 往舞台后部（的）：
as adv. Hamlet turns to face upstage哈姆雷特转身面向舞台后部
as adj. an upstage exit.舞台后部出口。
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- as adj. informal, dated superior; aloof〈非正式, 旧〉傲慢的, 冷漠的。
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1- divert attention from (someone) towards 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 co-star in the film.
影片中他们的戏全被合作影星抢了。
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- (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。