background

背景の、背後の

その場にあるが、主な出来事より目立たず、重要度も低い。

やさしい英語で： Present but less noticeable or important than the main thing happening.

• Soft background music filled the room.
• The recording contains too much background noise.
• He removed a few background details from the story.

類義語： secondary

反対語： main

よく使う表現： background noise, background music, background activity

背景

中心となる人や物、音の背後に見えたり聞こえたりするもの。

やさしい英語で： Things you see or hear behind the main person, object, or sound.

• There are hills in the background.
• I heard a dog barking in the background.
• She photographed the red flowers against a green background.

使い方： in the background (You can hear birds in the background.); against a background of something (The white flowers stood against a background of dark leaves.)

類義語： backdrop

反対語： foreground

よく使う表現： in the background, background of something, dark background, picture background

経歴、生い立ち

その人の過去の経験や教育、家族、育った環境。

やさしい英語で： A person’s past experiences, education, family, and the circumstances they grew up in.

• We come from different backgrounds.
• Her background in nursing helped her get the job.
• The company checked his background before hiring him.

使い方： background in something (She has a background in engineering.); come from a background (He comes from a farming background.)

類義語： history, upbringing

よく使う表現： family background, educational background, background in something

バックグラウンド

別のソフトを使っている間も、通常は画面に見えずに続くコンピューターの処理。

やさしい英語で： Computer activity that continues while you use another program and is usually hidden from view.

• The app runs in the background.
• Updates were downloading in the background while I worked.
• Close programs that are using memory in the background.

使い方： in the background (The download continues in the background.)

反対語： foreground

よく使う表現： in the background, run in background

背景に置く

主な対象の後ろに置いたり、目立たなくしたり、重要度を下げたりする。

やさしい英語で： To put something behind the main subject or make it less noticeable or important.

• The designer backgrounded the trees.
• Try to background these details in your account.
• She backgrounded the buildings to make the people stand out.

類義語： de-emphasize

反対語： foreground

よく使う表現： background something, background minor details