foregrounding
present participle offoreground
| 单词 | foregrounding |
| 释义 | foregrounding present participle offoreground foreground verb[T] uk/ˈfɔː.ɡraʊnd/us/ˈfɔːr.ɡraʊnd/to give the mostimportanceto aparticularsubject, etc.: Hisspeechforegrounded thehistoryof thedecision. Synonyms emphasize exaggerate highlight overplay overstate spotlight Opposites downplay minimize understate Stressing & emphasizing
Examplesofforegroundingforegrounding In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is as if the text, throughforegroundingits own evasions, calls its own validity into question. From theCambridge English Corpus Site-specific performance is an art form that frequently makes surprise inevitable, whileforegroundingour relationship with a wider environment. From theCambridge English Corpus Here what is involved is theforegroundingof qualities perceived as remote from the self or other. From theCambridge English Corpus Waetjen addresses this well-recognized feature of the region's politics byforegroundingthe importance of masculinity. From theCambridge English Corpus Theforegroundingof hard technology allows these delusions to be perpetuated. From theCambridge English Corpus Foregroundingthese figures might have added further nuances to the argument of the book. From theCambridge English Corpus The impact of thisforegroundingof the performer as a central focus of musicological study has, however, been somewhat patchy. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it is also claimed that the progressive has expressive, intensive, focalizing,foregrounding, subjective, textual, stylistic, etc. functions at its various stages of development. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, their sizes andforegroundingproperties may be different, and details may be more or less visible. From theCambridge English Corpus We do not seeforegroundingand backgrounding of actions relative to each other, either for overlaps or other complex relationships. From theCambridge English Corpus Well, it is the task of isolating andforegroundinga certain set of semantic notions as centers of perceptual attention. From theCambridge English Corpus Now, through theforegroundingof genre, he reminds us that she is an illusion, an operatic construction. From theCambridge English Corpus I suspect that such emphaticforegroundingof grammar may be a bit jarring. From theCambridge English Corpus Theforegroundingof an unconventional timbre, the solo flute, within the orchestral fabric marks the work as exotic and antique. From theCambridge English Corpus When such constituents are expressed, they are typically positioned after the production of the predicate, therebyforegroundingthe direct affiliative stance. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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