upstage

英 [ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ]

美 [ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒ]

adv./adj.  在(或向)舞台后部
v.  抢…的镜头; 把对…的注意吸引过来

过去分词：upstaged　过去式：upstaged　现在分词：upstaging　第三人称单数：upstages　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.19146 / COCA.20083

牛津词典

adv.

adj.

• 在（或向）舞台后部
  at or towards the back of the stage in a theatre

verb

• 抢…的镜头；把对…的注意吸引过来
  to say or do sth that makes people notice you more than the person that they should be interested in
  1. She was furious at being upstaged by her younger sister.
     她被妹妹抢去风头，感到气愤不已。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 在舞台后部；朝舞台后面
  When an actor isupstageor movesupstage, he or she is or moves towards the back part of the stage.
  1. Upstage and right of centre, Robert Morris stands with his back to the audience...
     舞台后方偏右处，罗伯特·莫里斯背对观众站着。
  2. Position a camera upstage...
     在舞台后面安置一部摄影机。
  3. They slowly moved from upstage left into the centre.
     他们慢慢地从舞台后方的左侧移至正中。
  4. Upstageis also an adjective.
     
  5. ...the large upstage box that Noble used for his 1990 production of King Lear.
     诺布尔在1990制作《李尔王》时使用过的大型舞台背景箱子
• VERB 使相形见绌；抢…的风头
  If someoneupstagesyou, they draw attention away from you by being more attractive or interesting.
  1. He had a younger brother who always publicly upstaged him...
     他有一个弟弟，总是公然抢他的风头。
  2. He upstages her by flirting with other women.
     他与其他女人调情，故意怠慢她。

英英释义

noun

• the rear part of the stage

verb

• steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else
  1. When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress
• move upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audience
• treat snobbishly, put in one's place

adj

• remote in manner
  1. stood apart with aloof dignity
  2. a distant smile
  3. he was upstage with strangers
  Synonym:aloofdistant
• of the back half of a stage
  1. she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience

adv

• at or toward the rear of the stage
  1. the dancers were directed to move upstage

双语例句

• This papar presents preliminary assessment about spin stabilization of satellite-launcher upstage and analyses the influence of the interference factors.
  本文讨论卫星运载火箭末级自旋稳定问题，分析了干扰因素的影响。
• He upstages her by flirting with other women.
  他与其他女人调情，故意怠慢她。
• 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。
• Position a camera upstage
  在舞台后面安置一部摄影机。
• SPIN STABILIZATION OF SATELLITE-LAUNCHER UPSTAGE Asymptotic analysis of steady reverse smolder
  运载火箭的自旋稳定问题考虑热解反应的阴燃渐近分析
• He is also notably, an advisor to Groupon, and a director at Zynga, two companies that were built on the back of social networks, and whose upcoming IPOs could upstage LinkedIn's.
  此外，他还是团购网站Groupon的顾问和社交游戏网站Zynga的董事，这两家网站均以社交网络为依托，它们即将进行的首次公开招股甚至会抢去LinkedIn的风头。
• They slowly moved from upstage left into the centre.
  他们慢慢地从舞台后方的左侧移至正中。
• Bride dress not showy, upstage the bride, but can not be too casual.
  打扮不能比新娘艳丽，抢了新娘的风头，但是也不能太过于随便。
• Move ( another actor) upstage, forcing him to turn away from the audience.
  抢别的演员的戏，强迫他厌恶观众。
• A vice president who repeatedly tried to upstage the president.
  屡次欲抢总统镜头的副总统。