backcloth

1. （挂在舞台后部的）彩画幕布，背景幕布
   A backcloth is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery or buildings painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.

in AM, use 美国英语用 backdrop


2. N-SING （事件的）背景
   The backcloth to an event is the general situation in which it happens.
   1. I'm not impressed by the promise of tax cuts against the backcloth of a public-spending deficit.
      在公共开支出现赤字的情况下承诺减税让我不以为然。

1. I'm not impressed by the promise of tax cuts against the backcloth of a public-spending deficit.
   在公共开支出现赤字的情况下承诺减税让我不以为然。
2. John Steinbeck used the dust and the pitiless skies as the backcloth to his novel.
   约翰·斯坦贝克把尘土和烈日炙烤的天空用作小说的背景。
3. The events stood out against a backcloth of industrial unrest.
   在工业动荡不定的背景下，这些事件格外突出。
4. The context is the backcloth on which the values in planning are produced.
   核心价值是生成规划合法权威的法理基础，但在制度环境中发生异化。

noun

1. scenery hung at back of stage

   Synonym:    backdropbackground