Word · Frequency #19146
upstage
抢风头；使黯然失色
To draw attention away from others, especially while performing on stage.
- 1.
To draw attention away from others, especially on-stage.
吸引注意力,尤其是在舞台上
- 2.
To force other actors to face away from the audience by staying upstage.
通过站在舞台后方迫使其他演员背对观众
- 3.
To treat snobbishly.
傲慢地对待
- 4.
To restage upward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a higher stage than that found at last assessment.
将病情重新分级为更高阶段
使（其他演员）背对观众；傲慢地对待；冷落；将（疾病）重新分期为更晚期；吸引注意力,尤其是在舞台上；通过站在舞台后方迫使其他演员背对观众
In use
The young singer completely upstaged the famous star at the charity concert.
Don't wear that bright dress to the wedding; you don't want to upstage the bride.
She always manages to upstage her colleagues with her brilliant presentations.
upstage sb
用于指在表演或展示中吸引注意而胜过他人。
She tried to upstage her colleague during the presentation.
她在演示中试图抢同事的风头。
be upstaged by sb/sth
被动形式，表示被他人盖过。
The lead actor was upstaged by a minor character.
主角被一个配角抢了戏。
upstage each other
表示互相竞争吸引观众注意。
Connections
Collocations
- upstage someone
- 抢某人的风头
- The young singer completely upstaged the famous star.那位年轻歌手完全抢了这位著名明星的风头。
- upstage the competition
- 胜过竞争对手
- Their innovative design upstaged the competition at the trade fair.他们创新性的设计在展销会上压过了竞争对手。
- upstage the main event
- 使主要活动黯然失色
- The surprise announcement upstaged the main event.这一突然宣布使主要活动黯然失色。
- upstage the lead actor
- 抢主角的风头
- The supporting actor upstaged the lead actor with his performance.那位配角演员凭借自己的表演抢了主角的风头。
Synonyms
- overshadow
- 使相形见绌；使显得不重要 · 较正式，侧重对比下使对方失色，不一定有故意抢镜的意味；upstage 常带主动抢眼球的动作感。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把对手逼到舞台后区（upstage），对方背对观众，你自然抢走注意力——‘抢风头’。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：theater/performance、everyday competitive or social settings、medical/oncology reporting 作动词时，最常用义是“抢风头/使黯然失色”，多见于表演、比赛或日常对比场合；医学上则指“把疾病分期上调”，属于专业用法。整体正式程度随语境变化明显，因此标为混合。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词的重读音节都含 /eɪdʒ/，与 upstage 的 -stage 部分押韵。注意有些以 -age 结尾的词读作 /ɪdʒ/，如 village、package、image，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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