background /'bækgraund/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- (n.) the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- (n.) information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
Chinese translation
- n. 背景, 背景资料
- [计] 背景, 后台
Word details
- Part of speech
- noun
- Pronunciation
- /'bækgraund/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS
- Frequency
- Zipf 4.77 · Rare
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