Noun:
the rear part of the stage
Adjective:
of the back half of a stage;she crossed to the upstage chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the audience
remote in manner;stood apart with aloof dignity
a distant smile
he was upstage with strangers
Adverb:
at or toward the rear of the stage;the dancers were directed to move upstage
Verb:
treat snobbishly, put in one's placemove upstage, forcing the other actors to turn away from the audiencesteal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else;When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress
up stage舞台上的显要位置…
近义词 outdo超过surpass超越aloof疏远的outshine优于distant疏远的outmaneuver以策略制胜outmanoeuvre以计谋挫败反义词 downstage前台的
动词61%,副词26%,名词13%
用作副词The dancers were directed to moveupstage.跳舞的人向舞台后部走去。用作形容词They're much tooupstagefor us these days.他们近来对我们太势利了。用作动词An interpreter mustn'tupstagethe speaker.翻译不应该抢发言人的风头。
He tried toupstagehis boss at the meeting.他在会议期间尽力显得比上司突出。