dimness的中文翻譯是什麼意思

ADJ-GRADED(光線)昏暗的，暗淡的

Dim light is not bright.

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

  她站在昏暗的光線下等待。

• Below decks, the lights were dim.

  船艙裡燈光昏暗。

ADJ-GRADED(地方)昏暗的，陰暗的

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

• The room was dim and cool and quiet.

  房間裡陰暗、清冷，靜悄悄的。

ADJ-GRADED(人影、物體)隱約的，矇矓的，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.

  皮特的火把映出了鮑勃和張的模糊身影。

ADJ-GRADED(記憶、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 世紀 60 年代的社會激進主義似乎只是一個模糊的記憶。

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.

  和平解決的希望非常渺茫。

ADJ-GRADED(人)愚笨的，遲鈍的

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

V-ERG(使)（燈光）變昏暗;(使)變暗淡

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。

VERB將(汽車前燈)調為近光;使減光

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.

  開到那輛車後面時將前燈調為近光。

V-ERG(使)(前景、希望等)變渺茫;(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。

V-ERG(使)(視力)變差；（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。

V-ERG(使)(記憶)變模糊;(使)變得不清晰

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。