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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 up·stage /ˌʌpˈsteʤ/
 (a.)在舞臺後部的,傲慢的,自負的(ad.)在舞臺後方(vt.)搶戲

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 upstage
      adj 1: of the back half of a stage; "she crossed to the upstage
             chair forcing the lead to turn his back to the
             audience" [ant: downstage]
      2: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
         distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn: aloof,
          distant]
      adv : at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were
            directed to move upstage" [ant: downstage]
      v 1: treat snobbishly, put in one's place
      2: move (another actor) upstage, forcing him to turn away from
         the audience
      3: steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone
         else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the
         actress"