overshadow
[.əuvə'ʃædəu]
v.遮阴, 使不快乐或减少乐趣, 使黯然失色
例句与用法:
Despite her professional success, she is always overshadow by her husband.
尽管她事业有成,但和丈夫相比总觉逊色。
They traveled to a village overshadowed by mountains.
他们旅游到了一个被山影笼罩的村庄。
His recent death overshadowed the family gathering.
他最近去世给家庭聚会蒙上了阴影。
词形变化:
动词过去式: overshadowed | 动词过去分词: overshadowed | 动词现在分词: overshadowing | 动词第三人称单数: overshadows |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 给……投上阴影; 遮暗
2. 在重要性方面超过; 夺去……的光彩; 使相形见拙
Her new book will overshadow all her earlier ones.
她的新书将会使她以前写的书都黯然失色。