In the Renaissance painting, the background features a detailed landscape of rolling hills and distant towers.
在这幅文艺复兴时期的画作中，背景描绘了连绵起伏的山丘和远处塔楼的细致风景。
Education researcher Owen Castillo counters that standardized tests largely reflect a student's socioeconomic background rather than the quality of instruction they received, since test-preparation resources are unevenly distributed.
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A researcher measured average concentration-test scores for office workers who reported different levels of background noise at their desks:
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A workplace consultant claims that concentration scores increase continuously the more background noise a worker has.
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Which choice best defines “background”?
B — The part of a scene or picture that is farthest from the viewer. “background” means the part of a scene or picture that is farthest from the viewer.
Which word means “the part of a scene or picture that is farthest from the viewer”?
B — background. “background” means the part of a scene or picture that is farthest from the viewer.
background — the part of a scene or picture that is farthest from the viewer. In Chinese: 背景.
background is pronounced /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/.
In the Renaissance painting, the background features a detailed landscape of rolling hills and distant towers. (在这幅文艺复兴时期的画作中，背景描绘了连绵起伏的山丘和远处塔楼的细致风景。)
backdrop, setting, context — all close in meaning to background (the part of a scene or picture that is farthest from the viewer).
foreground — each the opposite of background (the part of a scene or picture that is farthest from the viewer).
Yes. background is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.