•The little figure that you can just see in the background of the photograph is me.相片里后面那个刚好能看到的小个子就是我。

•If you listen carefully to this piece of music, you can hear a flute in the background.如果你仔细听这首歌曲，就可以听到伴奏的笛声。

•We couldn't hear what they were saying on the tape - there was too much background noise.我们听不清他们在录音带里说甚么——背景噪声太大了。

•The artist himself did not paint the backgrounds to his pictures - they were done by his pupils.画中的背景不是画家亲手画的——都是他的学生画的。

•He has photographed her against lots of different backgrounds.他给她拍了许多不同背景的相片。

•They were filmed against a background of dark fir trees.在一片黑黝黝的冷杉的映托下，他们被摄入了电影镜头。

•The book's cover has white lettering on a blue background.书的封面是蓝底白字。

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•These decisions have had to be taken against a background of high unemployment.因为失业率高企，只好采取这些措施。

•Can you give me some background on (= information about the conditions that existed before) the situation?你能不能告诉我一些关于这情况的背景资料？

•Her worries about her job have faded into the background since she learnt about her father's illness.自从知道父亲生病后，她就没甚么心思处理自己的工作了。

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•The school has pupils from many different ethnic/cultural/religious backgrounds.这所学校的学生有着不同的种族／文化／宗教背景。

•They come from a privileged/wealthy background.他们来自特权／富裕家庭。

•a background in publishing出版方面的经历

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•Students are expected to do some background reading before the course starts.学生们应该在课程开始之前看一些相关的书，了解一下情况。

•The book provides background information on the history of the region.本书提供了有关该地区的历史背景资料。