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A backdrop, in the most literal sense, is a large painted cloth or screen hung behind actors on a stage or in front of a camera, showing a scene like a forest or a city , so the audience believes the actors are really there.
A backdrop這個字 in the most literal sense最字面的意思上 is指的是 a large painted cloth or screen一大塊畫好的布幕或螢幕 hung behind actors on a stage or in front of a camera掛在舞台演員後方或攝影機前 showing a scene like a forest or a city skyline畫著像森林或城市天際線那樣的場景 so the audience believes the actors are really there好讓觀眾相信演員真的身處其中
From that stage meaning, the word grew into a much more common, everyday use: the 'backdrop' to an event or story is the situation and setting surrounding it — the background conditions that help explain why something happened. A news report might say a strike happened 'against a backdrop of rising prices,' meaning that rising prices were part of the surrounding situation.
From that stage meaning從舞台這個意思出發 the word grew into a much more common, everyday use這個字延伸出一個更常見的日常用法: the 'backdrop' to an event or story一件事或一個故事的「背景」 is指的是 the situation and setting surrounding it周遭的情況和環境 — the background conditions that help explain why something happened也就是幫忙解釋事情為什麼發生的背景條件。A news report新聞報導 might say a strike happened可能會說一場罷工發生 'against a backdrop of rising prices,'「在物價上漲的背景下」 meaning that rising prices were part of the surrounding situation意思是物價上漲是當時整體情況的一部分
組成back + drop (a hanging curtain)
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
backdropnoun/ˈbæk.dɹɒp/
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A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
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An image that serves as a visual background.
- The president spoke outside the brick exterior of the firehouse for Ladder Company 10 and Engine Company 10, against the backdrop of a 56-foot-long bronze bas-relief depicting the towers in flames.
- Animated, seemingly varied crowd movement will place a game in the early 1990s, while static crowd backdrops and blocky, sprite-based athletes tend to point toward technology used in the 1980s.
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The setting or background of an acted performance.
- Blackpool’s aggregate victory ensures Birmingham are now preparing for a potential summer of change. Manager Chris Hughton has been operating against a backdrop of financial uncertainty all season and last night Peter Pannu, the vice-chairman, announced that the club’s accounts would finally be published next week, and that a new investor had been identified.
- Specifically on the question of Article 8 considerations, the Court of Appeal expressed the view that it was difficult to see how a chief constable’s decision to disclose [the applicant’s charges to the employer] could ever be challenged (see paragraph 81 above). The Court observes that the case was decided against the backdrop of a clearly-defined legislative framework (i.e., the 1997 Act, which was in force in England and Wales at the time) which the court took to be in compliance with Article 8 (see paragraph 78 above).
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Any background situation.
- Against a backdrop of falling interest rates, the new savings account is looking less appealing.
- Against this backdrop, RDG said it needed to "review historic working practices so that the railway can respond to changing passenger needs and enable future growth".
backdropverb/ˈbæk.dɹɒp/
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To serve as a backdrop for.
- a brilliant sunset backdropping the famous skyline
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。