overshadowed的中文翻譯是什麼意思

overshadowed

/ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊd/

v. 使(某物)被遮暗( overshadow的過去式和過去分詞 ); 使陰暗; 使(某事物)令人不快或減少樂趣; 使(某人)相形見絀或黯然失色

overshadowed柯林斯釋義

VERB給…蒙上陰影;使掃興

If an unpleasant event or feeling overshadows something, it makes it less happy or enjoyable.

  • Fears for the President's safety could overshadow his peace-making mission...

    對總統安全的擔憂可能會給他的調解使命蒙上陰影。

  • Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.

    她的母親被關在精神病院,這給她的童年蒙上了陰影。

VERB使黯然失色;使相形見絀;使顯得無足輕重

If you are overshadowed by a person or thing, you are less successful, important, or impressive than they are.

  • Hester is overshadowed by her younger and more attractive sister.

    赫斯特在她那年輕而且姿色更勝一籌的妹妹面前黯然失色。

VERB(樓房、樹木、大型建築物等)遮蔽,遮擋

If one building, tree, or large structure overshadows another, it stands near it, is much taller than it, and casts a shadow over it.

  • He also designed one of the Edinburgh University towers that overshadows George Square...

    他還設計了愛丁堡大學一座投影於喬治廣場的塔樓。

  • She said stations should be in the open, near housing, not overshadowed by trees or walls.

    她說車站應該建在住宅區附近的開闊地帶,而不應為樹木或牆壁所遮擋。

overshadowed場景例句

Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.

她的母親被關在精神病院,這給她的童年蒙上了陰影。

His triumph was overshadowed by an uneasy sense of foreboding.

他的勝利因為一種令人不安的不祥預感蒙上了陰影。

His last years were overshadowed by financial worry.

他生命的最後幾年窮困潦倒,十分慘淡。

He had always been overshadowed by his elder sister.

他與他姐姐相比總是相形見絀。

Mary was sometimes overshadowed by the more talkative members of the family.

有時家中更健談的人使瑪麗顯得黯然失色.

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