dimming的中文翻译是什么意思

ADJ-GRADED(光线)昏暗的，暗淡的

Dim light is not bright.

• She stood waiting, in the dim light...

  她站在昏暗的光线下等待。

• Below decks, the lights were dim.

  船舱里灯光昏暗。

ADJ-GRADED(地方)昏暗的，阴暗的

A dim place is rather dark because there is not much light in it.

• The room was dim and cool and quiet.

  房间里阴暗、清冷，静悄悄的。

ADJ-GRADED(人影、物体)隐约的，蒙眬的，不分明的

A dim figure or object is not very easy to see, either because it is in shadow or darkness, or because it is far away.

• Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.

  皮特的火把映出了鲍勃和张的模糊身影。

ADJ-GRADED(记忆、理解)模糊的，依稀的，不清晰的

If you have a dim memory or understanding of something, it is difficult to remember or is unclear in your mind.

• It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.

  20 世纪 60 年代的社会激进主义似乎只是一个模糊的记忆。

ADJ-GRADED(前景)灰暗的，渺茫的，不光明的

If the future of something is dim, you have no reason to feel hopeful or positive about it.

• The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.

  和平解决的希望非常渺茫。

ADJ-GRADED(人)愚笨的，迟钝的

If you describe someone as dim, you think that they are stupid.

V-ERG(使)（灯光）变昏暗;(使)变暗淡

If you dim a light or if it dims, it becomes less bright.

• Dim the lighting – it is unpleasant to lie with a bright light shining in your eyes...

  把灯光调暗一些——躺着时眼前灯光太强很不舒服。

• The houselights dimmed.

  观众席的灯暗了下来。

VERB将(汽车前灯)调为近光;使减光

If you are driving a car and dim the headlights, you operate a switch that makes them shine downwards, so that they do not shine directly into the eyes of other drivers.

• Dim your lights behind that car.

  开到那辆车后面时将前灯调为近光。

V-ERG(使)(前景、希望等)变渺茫;(使)（感情等）淡化

If your future, hopes, or emotions dim or if something dims them, they become less good or less strong.

• Their economic prospects have dimmed...

  他们的经济前景变得很暗淡。

• Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.

  48 年的婚姻生活并没消磨掉比尔和海伦之间的激情。

V-ERG(使)(视力)变差；（使）看不分明

If your eyes dim or are dimmed by something, they become weaker or unable to see clearly.

• Her eyes dimmed with sorrow...

  悲痛之下，她泪眼蒙眬。

• The twinkle in his eyes was dimmed by tears.

  他眼中闪烁的光芒被泪水模糊了。

V-ERG(使)(记忆)变模糊;(使)变得不清晰

If your memories dim or if something dims them, they become less clear in your mind.

• Their memory of what happened has dimmed...

  他们对所发生事情的记忆变得模糊了。

• The intervening years had dimmed his memory.

  经过了其间那么多年他的记忆已经不大清楚了。