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

• Some of the newest prizes on the block come from Yuri Milner, a Russian billionaire, who has attempted to upstage the Nobels by offering$ 3m to each winner, nearly three times what the Nobel Foundation pays.
  最新的奖金有一部分来自俄罗斯富豪YuriMilner。这位富豪试图为每个诺奖得主追加三百万奖金，这个数额几乎是诺奖奖金的三倍。
• To upstage someone; to destroy the effect of what someone does or says by doing or saying the same thing first.
  赶在某人的前面做或说某件事，从而抢去某人的风头。
• He avoided newsmen's microphones and went out of his way not to upstage his superior.
  他避开新闻记者们的麦克风，尽量不抢上司的镜头。
• Finally, two fabulous evening gowns upstage all the action in a couple of the film's gambling scenes.
  最后，两件令人惊艳的女式晚礼服在一组赌博场景里抢尽了风头。
• 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。
• However, a select group among the hundreds in the audience at each fashion show may have the power to upstage the designers.
  然而，每场时装秀，台下观众席中总有这样一群时尚宠儿，他们甚至可以轻而易举地抢走设计师们的风头。
• In the meantime, make sure your hands do not upstage your ideas.
  在这同时，注意不要使打手势和表达思想本末倒置。
• A vice president who repeatedly tried to upstage the president.
  屡次欲抢总统镜头的副总统。
• He upstage the other speaker by illustrate his talk with slides.
  他演讲中配上幻灯片，比其他演讲人更吸引听众。
• Chicago will probably never upstage New York as the hub for America's investment banking talent.
  芝加哥可能永远无法抢纽约的风头，成为美国投资银行业人才的集中地。