1. | [c] （发展或进展的）时期，阶段，状态a period or state that sth/sb passes through while developing or making progress |
This technology is still in its early stages . 这项技术还处于其早期开发状态。 | |
The children are at different stages of development. 这些孩子处于不同的成长阶段。 | |
The product is at the design stage. 产品处于设计阶段。 | |
People tend to work hard at this stage of life. 人在这个人生阶段往往发奋努力。 | |
At one stage it looked as though they would win. 有一段时间，他们好像大有获胜的希望。 | |
Don't worry about the baby not wanting to leave you─it's a stage they go through . 宝宝不肯离开你别担心，他们总要经过这个阶段。 |
2. | [c] 段；步；步骤a separate part that a process, etc. is divided into |
We did the first stage of the trip by train. 旅行的第一段我们乘的是火车。 | |
The police are building up a picture of the incident stage by stage . 警方正逐步摸清那次事件的经过。 | |
The pay increase will be introduced in stages(= not all at once) . 加薪将分阶段进行。 | |
We can take the argument one stage further. 我们可以把辩论更深入一步。 |
3. | [c] （多指剧场中的）舞台a raised area, usually in a theatre, etc. where actors, dancers, etc. perform |
The audience threw flowers onto the stage. 观众把鲜花抛向舞台。 | |
There were more than 50 people on stage in one scene. 有一场戏中舞台上的人有 50 多个。 | |
They marched off stage to the sound of trumpets. 在号角声中，他们阔步退下舞台。 |
4. | [sing] 戏剧；戏剧表演；戏剧界the theatre and the world of acting as a form of entertainment |
His parents didn't want him to go on the stage(= to be an actor) . 他父母不想让他当演员。 | |
She was a popular star of stage and screen(= theatre and cinema/movies) . 她是观众喜爱的舞台银幕两栖明星。 |
5. | [sing] （政治等活动的）领域；（政治）舞台an area of activity where important things happen, especially in politics |
She was forced to the centre of the political stage . 她被推到了政治舞台的中心。 | |
Germany is playing a leading role on the international stage . 德国在国际政治舞台上扮演着重要角色。 |
1. | ~ sth 上演；举办；举行to organize and present a play or an event for people to see |
to stage a ceremony/an event/an exhibition 举行仪式╱活动╱展览 | |
The local theatre group is staging a production of ‘Hamlet’. 当地剧团在上演《哈姆雷特》。 | |
Birmingham has bid to stage the next national athletics championships. 伯明翰申办下届全国田径锦标赛。 |
2. | ~ sth 组织；筹划to organize and take part in action that needs careful planning, especially as a public protest |
to stage a strike/demonstration/march/protest 组织罢工╱示威╱游行╱抗议活动 |
3. | ~ sth 使发生；使出现to make sth happen |
The dollar staged a recovery earlier today. 今天早些时候，美元出现回升。 | |
After five years in retirement, he staged a comeback to international tennis. 退役五年之后，他重返国际网坛。 |
