- upstage
- ['ʌp'steidʒ, ,ʌp'steidʒ, 'ʌpsteidʒ]
- vt. 抢…镜头；使相形见绌
adj. 自负的；在舞台后部的
adv. 在舞台后方
n. 舞台后部
参考例子
- 1.They're much too upstage for us these days.
- 他们近来对我们太势利了。
- 2.He knows when to move upstage, when to modulate his voice, and when to throw away a line.
- 他懂得什么时候该移向舞台后方，什么时候该调整声调，以及什么时候该轻轻带过一句台词。
- 3.Whenever a new system that tried to upstage UNIX came along, somebody would dissect the newcomer and clone its central ideas into UNIX.
- 无论什么时候出现一个新的系统想要抢过Unix的风头，总会有人将其剖析，并将它的中心思想克隆到Unix中。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.the rear part of the stage
- 2.treat snobbishly, put in one's place
- 3.move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
- 4.steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
- adj.
- 1.of the back half of a stage
- 2.remote in manner
- adv.
- 1.at or toward the rear of the stage
网络释义
- upstage
- 顶级; 自负的; 后表演区; 末级 舞台后方;
- A duke never upstage a king
- 公爵不能抢了国王的风头;