upstaged

英 [ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒd]

美 [ˌʌpˈsteɪdʒd]

v.  抢…的镜头; 把对…的注意吸引过来
upstage的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• In so doing, Warner upstaged a rival, and appears to have given YouTube breathing room to become legitimate.
  如此一来，华纳音乐抢走了竞争对手的风头，而且似乎给了YouTube一个喘息空间，使之得以合法起来。
• They were anxious not to be upstaged.
  他们急切渴望不让别人盖过自己。
• Osean squadron I'm not about to be upstaged by a reserve pilot!
  我才不会让自己输给预备役的伙！
• Lewis, a member of the2011 Walker Cup squad, certainly upstaged the professionals.
  2011年沃克杯队员刘易斯，显然成为专业队员中最出风头的选手。
• This gloomy forecast, made in mid-March, was upstaged this week by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the rich countries 'club based in Paris.
  此项于3月中旬发布的悲观预测，本周被总部位于巴黎的富国俱乐部经合组织（OECD）抢去了风头。
• He was certainly upstaged Monday afternoon when Jeff Bezos announced he was buying the Washington Post.
  他无疑被本周一下午宣布收购《华盛顿邮报》（WashingtonPost）的杰夫•贝佐斯抢了风头。
• Then it brought Disneyland to the city and built a cable-car route to promote tourism, only to have malfunctions shut down the ride for half a year – while the whole thing was upstaged by glitzy new casinos in nearby Macao.
  然后，港府将迪士尼乐园（Disneyland）带入香港，并建造了一条缆车路线以发展旅游业，结果因故障停运半年&而同时，整件事被附近澳门流光溢彩的新赌场抢去了风头。
• But the28-year-old has played down his chances of title success and insists he could be upstaged by the competition.
  但是已经28岁的（阿隆索）降低了自己夺冠的预期，他坚持可能在竞争中处于不利位置。
• Voyager's view of Neptune was almost upstaged by the planet's largest moon, triton, called "the most curious thing we ever seen" by Voyager geologist Laurence soderblom.
  “旅行者”的地质学家劳伦斯-索迪布洛姆把它称作“我们看见过的最奇妙的东西”。
• I knew immediately how this would go down with my chief, whose limited capacity for forgiveness surely did not include being upstaged.
  我马上就猜到我的上司怎样看待这件事了。他气量有限，肯定不能容忍别人抢出风头。