| 释义 |
ˈstage-ˈmanage, v.
[Back-formation f. stage-manager.]
trans. To arrange with a view to stage effect. Also absol.
1879Theatre Nov. 209, I have never seen them stage-manage a play. 1906Daily Chron. 8 May 5/1 The meeting was well stage-managed, care being taken to fill the front part of the hall with ticket⁓holders. 1910Wodehouse Psmith in City i. 3 My pater wants to jump in and stage manage. 1924J. Buchan Three Hostages viii. 118 ‘Now wake.’ I was puzzled to know how to stage-manage that wakening. 1958Washington Post 26 June 1/7 The United States..accused the Russian Government of stage-managing a demonstration against the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. 1964‘E. McBain’ Ax ii. 36 We did it [sc. a play] in highschool... I stage-managed. 1980D. Lodge How Far can you Go? vi. 218 The whole prank, she was now convinced, was being stage-managed..to get them all naked together.
Hence stage-managed ppl. a.
1930Times Lit. Suppl. 1 May 359/3 In 1891 France and Russia had signalized their closer relations by the enthusiastic, though carefully stage-managed, reception given to the French fleet at Kronstadt. 1974Listener 10 Oct. 461/3 These are not press conferences at all, but carefully stage-managed events, put on..for the audiences of BBC and ITV news. |