pale
adj. 浅色的; 苍白的; 暗淡的
v. 显得逊色
If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white.
Migrating birds filled the pale sky...
灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。
As we age, our skin becomes paler.
随着年龄的增长,我们的皮肤愈见苍白。
If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
She looked pale and tired...
她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。
He went deathly pale.
他面如死灰。
If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
你爱的人得了致命疾病时,其他一切事情都显得不那么重要了。
...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧
If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
这种事情真是不可接受。
...beyond the pale of acceptable human behaviour.
超出可接受的人类行为的范围
1. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
1. turn pale, as if in fear
1. very light colored; highly diluted with white;
2. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
3. lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness;
4. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress;
5. not full or rich;
in pale
(纹章)竖置的
per pale
(纹章)被一直条一分为二的
beyond the pale
越轨的,为社会所不容的:不可挽回的无法接受或不合理
Her face was ghostly pale with fright.
她吓得面色惨白.
He seems to be sick, for he appears pale.
看样子他病了, 因为他面色看起来很苍白.
He was pale but perfectly composed.
他脸色苍白,却十分镇静.
His face turned deathly pale.
他的脸色变得惨白.
He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
他看上去脸色苍白,一身衣服弄得一塌糊涂.