Background

Definition

background /'bækgraƱnd/ n ၁။ [sing] ေနာက္ခံျမင္ကြင္း။ a photograph with trees in the background ❍ a painting with a background of blues and greens. Compare FOREGROUND (က) ၂။ [sing] ေနာက္ကြယ္။ ေနာက္ခံ။ Ministers have a great many advisers in the background. ❍ In the background, his enemies were plotting his downfall. ❍ Throughout his wife's successful career, he stayed in the background. ❍ background music (eg in restaurants). Compare FOREGROUND (ခ) ၃။ (က) [sing] ေနာက္ခံအေၾကာင္း။ These political developments should be seen against a background of increasing civil unrest. ❍ background information. (ခ) [U] ယင္းႏွင့္ဆိုင္ေသာ အေၾကာင္းအခ်က္။ Can you give me more background on the company's financial position? ၄။ [C, U] (က) လူမႈေရးေနာက္ခံ။ He comes from a poor background. ❍ a middle-class family background ❍ She has friends from a variety of backgrounds. (ခ) ေနာက္ေၾကာင္းရာဇဝင္။ graduates with science backgrounds ❍ His background is in industry.

Examples

1. Students from very different backgrounds
2. His musical background helps him a lot in his job.
3. [background in] : We are looking for writers with a background in law.
4. [background of] : The talks have been taking place against a background of increasing violence.
5. Let me give you a bit of background about myself.
6. [background to] : We need to know the background to the case.
7. [background information/knowledge/material] : You’ll need some background information on the local economy.
8. A red cross on a white background