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

• While its ratings dominance was once absolute, the 2006 Torino Winter Games were upstaged repeatedly byAmerican idol.
  虽然它的收视排名曾处于绝对领先地位，但2006年都灵冬奥会却屡次被美国偶像（americanidol）抢去风头。
• 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。
• But she can never, ever be upstaged.
  但无论是过去，还是将来，她永远都不可能被其他人抢走风头。
• Driving will be the2010 Extreme Sailing Series Champion, Paul Campbell-James, the'young-gun'who last year upstaged to more seasoned skipper.
  2010年极限帆船系列赛冠军保罗•坎贝尔-詹姆斯将掌舵，保罗在去年由“新手”升级为经验丰富的船长。
• 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。
• 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。
• They were anxious not to be upstaged.
  他们急切渴望不让别人盖过自己。
• 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。
• 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。