dim
adj. 昏暗的; 模糊的; 渺茫的; 遲鈍的
v. (使)變昏暗,變模糊,變渺茫; (使)減弱,淡化
Dim light is not bright.
She stood waiting, in the dim light...
她站在昏暗的光線下等待。
Below decks, the lights were dim.
船艙裡燈光昏暗。
A dim place is rather dark because there is not much light in it.
The room was dim and cool and quiet.
房間裡陰暗、清冷,靜悄悄的。
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.
皮特的火把映出了鮑勃和張的模糊身影。
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 世紀 60 年代的社會激進主義似乎只是一個模糊的記憶。
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.
和平解決的希望非常渺茫。
If you describe someone as dim, you think that they are stupid.
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...
把燈光調暗一些——躺著時眼前燈光太強很不舒服。
The houselights dimmed.
觀眾席的燈暗了下來。
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.
開到那輛車後面時將前燈調為近光。
If your future, hopes, or emotions dim or if something dims them, they become less good or less strong.
Their economic prospects have dimmed...
他們的經濟前景變得很暗淡。
Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.
48 年的婚姻生活並沒消磨掉比爾和海倫之間的激情。
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,她淚眼矇矓。
The twinkle in his eyes was dimmed by tears.
他眼中閃爍的光芒被淚水模糊了。
If your memories dim or if something dims them, they become less clear in your mind.
Their memory of what happened has dimmed...
他們對所發生事情的記憶變得模糊了。
The intervening years had dimmed his memory.
經過了其間那麼多年他的記憶已經不大清楚了。
1. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
2. become or make darker;
3. become dim or lusterless;
4. make dim or lusterless;
5. make dim by comparison or conceal
6. become vague or indistinct;
1. lacking in light; not bright or harsh;
2. lacking clarity or distinctness;
3. made dim or less bright;
4. offering little or no hope;
5. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
dark, dim, black, gloomy, obscure, vague, grey
這些形容詞都含有"完全地或不完全地缺少光亮"之意。
vague, dim, indefinite, obscure, ambiguous, faint
這些形容詞均含"不明確的,模糊的"之意。
take a dim view of
不贊成
Once , in the dim and distant past, I live in here.
我很久以前在這裡住過.
I made out two dim shapes in my dream.
我在夢中看到有兩個模糊的影子.
A dim light came from afar.
一縷暗淡的光線從遠處射來.
He sat in a dim corner.
他坐在一個黑暗的角落裡.
The outline of the mountain in the distance is dim.
遠處山脈的輪廓隱隱約約.