Word meaning in the background

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в фоновом режиме, на заднем плане, на фоне, в фоне, на втором плане, в тени, на заднем фоне, в качестве фона, в предпосылке, на дальнем плане, в фоновом

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background  — фон, задний план, предпосылка, происхождение, образование, подоплека, подготовка

Примеры

A saxophone wailed in the background.

Где-то на заднем плане завывал саксофон.

A TV was flickering in the background.

На заднем плане мерцал экран телевизора.

Music played softly in the background.

На заднем плане тихо играла музыка.

A piano was tinkling in the background.

В глубине комнаты /на заднем плане/ бренчало пианино.

The refrigerator hummed in the background.

В глубине комнаты загудел холодильник.

…with pleasing music in the background

…с приятной музыкой на заднем фоне…

In the background you can see my college friends.

На заднем плане вы можете увидеть моих друзей по колледжу.

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Objects in the foreground are drawn larger than those in the background.  

…I suspect she’s mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us….  

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: in a position that avoids attracting attention

He was a shy man who always tried to keep/stay in the background.

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in the background

In a (literal or figurative) place where someone or something is not very noticeable. I’m not the best dancer, so the director has put me in the background for most scenes. The more new people get hired, the more I feel ignored and lost in the background!

See also: background

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  • (I) hope not
  • hope not
  • aint
  • ain’t
  • not for a instant
  • by no means
  • not by any means
  • not exactly
  • be not much cop


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I could hear them laugh in the background.


I’m just saying stay in the background.


Real-time backup software for continuous data protection in the background.



В режиме реального времени резервного копирования программного обеспечения для непрерывной защиты данных в фоновом режиме.


No battery drain in the background like other apps.


The disease is characterized by hypersensitivity of the bronchi in the background of inflammation of the respiratory tract.



Для заболевания характерна гиперчувствительность бронхов на фоне воспаления дыхательных путей.


Exacerbation occurs in the background of practically any strong shake-up of the body — a viral disease, hypothermia, cold or just stress.



Обострение возникает на фоне практически любой сильной встряски организма — перенесенное вирусное заболевание, переохлаждение, простуда или просто стресс.


Play some soothing music in the background if you can.



В противном случае, попробуйте сыграть немного успокаивающую музыку в фоновом режиме, если вы можете.


A loud explosion occurs in the background.


Let it play in the background while you work.



Пусть он играет на заднем плане, пока Вы пытаетесь разобраться с произведением.


Windows services are simply programs that run in the background.



Службы Windows — это просто программы, которые запускаются в фоновом режиме.


The figures in the background move in opposing directions.



(Ж) Фигуры на заднем плане (Ж) движутся в разных направлениях.


You can see the mountains in the background.


I hear Billy barking in the background.



И я действительно услышала, как Майкл распевается на заднем плане.


You can also see some stars in the background.


Throughout this book, the ancestral environment will lurk in the background.



В этой книге родовая среда обитания останется на заднем плане.


Plus, you get to take very nice pictures without the crowd in the background.



Понятно, что в таких условиях у вас не получится сделать хорошие фотографии без толп народу на фоне.


This is a system that works quietly and invisibly in the background, coordinating all the tasks the computer accomplishes.



Это система, которая работает тихо и незаметно в фоновом режиме и выполняет все задачи на компьютере.


This project also really emphasized the importance of modularity in a scene, especially for the street in the background.



Этот проект также действительно подчеркнул важность модульности в сцене, особенно для улицы на заднем плане.


When doing selfie or any other photo, you should always first make sure nothing questionable happens in the background.



Когда делаешь селфи или любую другую фотографию, всегда нужно сначала убедиться, что ничего сомнительно не происходит на фоне.


Sweden are doing so much in the background of the music industry without getting any credits for it.



Швеция делает так много на фоне музыкальной индустрии, не получая за нее никаких кредитов.

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  • 1
    background of the invention

    Англо-русский словарь промышленной и научной лексики > background of the invention

  • 2
    фон

    background noise

    (шум при радиоприеме)

    ручка бесшумной настройки должна устанавливаться в крайнее положение по часавой стрелке для предотвращения появления фона при отсутствии приема, — the squelch control should be turned to the maximum clockwise position at which there is no background noise when no transmission is being received.

    — неба (небесной сферы) — sky background

    the power from the sky background depends on the background radiance.

    Русско-английский сборник авиационно-технических терминов > фон

  • 3
    задний план

    на заднем плане— in the background

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > задний план

  • 4
    фон

    Russian-english dctionary of diplomacy > фон

  • 5
    на заднем плане

    * * *

    На заднем плане— The instrumentation console is seen in the background.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > на заднем плане

  • 6
    выглядеть как

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > выглядеть как

  • 7
    выглядеть как

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > выглядеть как

  • 8
    на заднем плане

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > на заднем плане

  • 9
    перекрываться

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > перекрываться

  • 10
    сливаться с фоном

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > сливаться с фоном

  • 11
    история вопроса

    Русско-английский словарь по проведению совещаний > история вопроса

  • 12
    подоплёка вопроса

    Русско-английский словарь по проведению совещаний > подоплёка вопроса

  • 13
    вопрос утратил остроту

    Русско-английский словарь по проведению совещаний > вопрос утратил остроту

  • 14
    фоновый

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > фоновый

  • 15
    история вопроса об

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > история вопроса об

  • 16
    на фоне

    4000 полезных слов и выражений > на фоне

  • 17
    на втором плане

    Американизмы. Русско-английский словарь. > на втором плане

  • 18
    на заднем плане

    Русско-английский учебный словарь > на заднем плане

  • 19
    на фоне

    Русско-Английский новый экономический словарь > на фоне

  • 20
    в тени

    1) be < left> in the shade; be (keep, remain, stand, stay) in the background; remain in the shadow

    — Когда доходит до оценки показаний, является директор и отстраняет нас. И работники, которых мы намечаем, остаются в тени, а на первое место выдвигаются люди, угодные директору… (В. Панова, Кружилиха) — ‘When it comes to judging exhibits the director pushes us aside. The workmen we choose are left in the shade, while those the director fancies, get all the limelight.’

    В те годы, как я теперь понимаю, отец меня многому научил, если, в сущности, не всему. Только делал он это неназойливо, осторожно, почему-то всегда оставаясь в тени, будто занятый чем-то другим. (О. Кожухова, Донник) — In those years, as I now realise, father taught me a great deal, if not in essence everything. But he did it unobtrusively, cautiously, for some reason keeping in the background, as though occupied with something else.

    2) keep smb. in the background; keep smth. in the background; put (cast, throw) smb., smth. in (into) the shade

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в тени

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background noun
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background noun
(SOUND)

We couldn’t hear what they were saying on the tape — there was too much background noise.

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background noun
(SITUATION)

 the background

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If someone or something is in the background, they are not the main point of attention:

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used to refer to something that is done before, and in preparation for, something else:


(Definition of background from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

background | American Dictionary

background noun
(THINGS BEHIND)

[ U ] With so much noise in the background, I couldn’t hear what she was saying.

Worry was always part of the background.

background noun
(EXPERIENCE)


(Definition of background from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of background

background


The introduction sets out the background and methodology of the research and repeats some of the important caveats about qualitative attitude research.


He surveys the sacred meals against a carefully assembled background of ordinary meal-taking and the general philosophy of food in each region.


How do you know that said popinjays aren’t sitting on the background rather than the stripe (the ordinary)?


With a background in philosophical logic and metaphysics, his current research interests focus on the theoretical basis of bioethical inquiry.


Our pupils came from a range of local, national, and international backgrounds.


Learners of different language backgrounds are thus predicted to follow different developmental paths.


With this as background, we turn now to a non-finality analysis of weight-sensitivity, beginning with unbounded stress systems.


The article describes why and how the test was developed, the theoretical background, the structure of the test, the assessment instrument and special features.


A first weak point is the lack of a uniform theoretical background.


In other words, the theoretical background is primarily based on processual history.


The following is the author’s position on the subject, admittedly biased by a structural engineering background.


In the end, this is a useful book to recommend to students as preliminary background reading.


The effects of seasonal drought on background canopy-gap disturbance in the tropics are expected to be substantially compounded by the effects of major disturbances.


The reduced exercise performance may reflect lack of habitual exercise patterns and training background.


Luminance-defined targets had the same hue and saturation as the background, whereas saturation-defined targets were green and equiluminant with the background.

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academic background

In addition to his academic background, he has extensive experience in the software industry.

affluent background

The scheme will pose a question to the person from a less affluent background.

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in the background

adverb

  • of an ongoing task, performed slowly over time, when nothing is claiming one’s immediate attention.

    I’m working on the graph-printing problem in the background.

    • See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.

    Last edited on Nov 12 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile)
    on Aug 14 2009.

  • of ongoing thought work, being solved slowly over time by a person’s unconscious.

    Yeah, boss, I’m working on that in the background.

    Last edited on Nov 15 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile)
    on Aug 14 2009.

  • Note that this implies ongoing activity but at a reduced level or in spare time, in contrast to mainstream «back burner» (which connotes benign neglect until some future resumption of activity).

    Last edited on Aug 14 2009. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile)
    on Aug 14 2009.

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  • a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting.
  • ace in the hole
Definitions include: a secret advantage.
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Definitions include: involving everyone or everything.
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Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
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Definitions include: something easy.
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Definitions include: at some time before the present.
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Definitions include: acronym for «be back in a bit», i.e. «I will return in a short amount of time.»
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Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
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Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing.
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английский русский
background n (scene in the rear) задний план прил + м
    фон м
Заметка: background (комп.) — фоновая картинка для экрана; фоновая среда, в которой исполняются программы в “невидимом” режиме.
  In the background, we could see a car coming down the hill.
  На заднем плане была видна машина, спускающаяся с холма.
background n (personal experience) биографические данные прил + мн
    происхождение ср
  My background is in publishing.

Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:

background [ˈbækgraund]
n (of picture) за́дний*план; (of events) предысто́рия; (COMPUT) фон; (experience) о́пыт
cpd (noise, music) посторо́нний#
he’s from a working class background он из рабо́чей семьи́
against a background of … на фо́не +gen

background reading (on) дополни́тельное чте́ние (по +dat)

* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.

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Meaning of IN THE BACKGROUND in English

( computing ) ( of a computer program ) not being used at the present time and appearing on the screen behind programs that are being used

—compare in the foreground


Oxford Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary.

     Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.
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