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单词 upstage
释义
upstage
verb[T]
uk
/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/us
/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/
to take people'sattentionaway from someone and make themlistento orlookat youinstead:
抢…的风头
Mostsupportingbandstendto beyoungsters, andrarelyupstage thestar.大多数助兴乐队由年轻乐手组成，很少会抢歌星的风头。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surpassing in quality or number
  • beat
  • catch
  • catch(someone)up
  • compare
  • crown
  • crush
  • dosomethingfor an encoreidiom
  • eclipse
  • encore
  • outcompete
  • outdo
  • outflank
  • outgo
  • outman
  • push the envelopeidiom
  • put/leavesomeonein the shadeidiom
  • shame
  • steal a march onsomeoneidiom
  • stealsomeone'sthunderidiom
  • surpass
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upstage
adverb,adjective[before noun]
uk
/ʌpˈsteɪdʒ/us
/ˈʌp.steɪdʒ/
towards or at thepartof atheatrestagethat isfurthestfrom thepeoplewatchingtheperformance:
向舞台后部（地）；在舞台后部（地）
Helooksupstage to where thebodyislying.他向舞台后部尸体躺着的地方看去。
Opposite
downstage
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Theatres, cinemas & their parts
  • art house
  • arthouse
  • backstage
  • billboard
  • bioscope
  • fleapit
  • footlights
  • green room
  • onstage
  • orchestra pit
  • setting
  • spotlight
  • stage
  • stage left
  • stage right
  • stagy
  • theater
  • theatre
  • wardrobe
  • wing
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(Definition ofupstagefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

upstage| American Dictionary

upstage
verb[T]
us
/ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ/
to take people’sattentionaway from someone and make themlistento orlookat youinstead:
Themayordoesn’t like to be upstaged by hissubordinates– helikesto make all thepublicannouncements.
(Definition ofupstagefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofupstage

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The traditional emphasis on domestic politics had been upstaged by international conflicts of the worst kind.
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Even here, it was upstaged by bright brash buildings of new image-conscious scientific industries.
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In the meantime, world affairs upstaged regional planning.
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One reason for this may have been that he had already been upstaged by a spectacular entrance that had taken place just a few days earlier.
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To the eye as actor, the backdrop usually lies between 10 and 50 feetupstage.
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Theupstageheight of the proscenium arch was 28 feet 6 inches, so there was a 4-foot gap to be covered by a valance.
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The man in a straw hat was standing on his chairupstage, overlooking the scene.
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In nearer zones, the depth information effectively specifies the tracks as parallel and holds the backdrop in its placeupstage.
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With the removal of the niche circle, the stage would have possessed sufficient entrances, though all decidedlyupstage.
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As noted in the essay above,upstageentrances for the choristers were apparently the exception to the rule.
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Lacking co-ordinates in the theatrical space, all movement must be related to the stage, to the theatre space: characters enter from 'upstageright', not from next door or the street.
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The four oppressorsupstagewalked towards four young men centre stage, holding their chairs in front of them like shields, and slowly shoved the young men offstage.
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In the opening scene of this highly stylized production, the stage is almost bare, but for a small treeupstageright and an altarupstagecentre.
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He seldom troubles to verify a reference or document a case, his rejections tend to be magisterially dismissive, his judgements readilyupstageeven his most august victims.
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The recent upsurge in guerrilla violence rather upstages his successes against the cartels.
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