| 词汇 | overshadow |
| 释义 | overshadow verb[ Toften passive ] uk /ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/ to cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy: 使黯然失色；使相形见绌；使蒙上阴影 Karen has always felt overshadowed by her famous elder sister.凯伦总觉得自己与出名的姐姐相比光彩全无。 My happiness was overshadowed by the bad news.这个坏消息给我的幸福蒙上了阴影。 (of a building) to be much taller than another building and therefore block the sun from it: （建筑物）遮蔽，遮暗 Grand Central Station in New York is overshadowed by the PanAm building.纽约中央火车站被泛美大厦遮住了阳光。 Surpassing in quality or number catch catch (someone) up compare crown crush do something for an encoreidiom eclipse encore outcompete outdo outflank outgo outman put/leave someone in the shadeidiom shade shame steal a march on someoneidiom steal someone's thunderidiom surpass tower You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: High, tall and deep overshadow | American Dictionaryovershadow verb[ T ] us/ˌoʊ·vərˈʃæd·oʊ/ to cause someone or something to seem less important or noticeable: Karen has always been overshadowed by her older sister. Examples of overshadowovershadow However, this overshadows the deeper questions about religion, plurality, and tolerance. Moreover, style was often overshadowed by subject matter in that it is likely that prints were frequently chosen for what they portrayed. Today, the traditional music is a minority art and overshadowed by western music and culture. The ministry's need to maintain organizational viability overshadowed any desires to maintain amiable relations with banks. By 1750 law enforcement was still overshadowed by the gallows, but it had acquired many refinements, not least in its preventative and investigative functions. In view of criterion the loss of growth potential due to plasmid transfer overshadows the growth of the non-senescent fungus from resource consumption. Under the influence of its heady seduction, performance values are often overshadowed and/or lost or frustrated by technological concerns. However, the company's financial position was overshadowed by low prices and non-payment by government agencies. All politics did not evaporate in the alchemy of the creative process, however: class politics were overshadowed though not effaced by the politics of sexuality. However, symptoms of sudden or progressive hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and other cranial neuropathies may be overshadowed by those from other metastases. The effects upon the actual records overshadowed some equally great revolutions behind the scenes, which tend to be forgotten. The attention given to the estancia in the literature overshadows the performance of arable farming throughout the first half of the century. They value community more highly than individual rights, and their fear of internal and external disorder overshadows their concern for official misconduct. Without being flippant, this reviewer would reply that they were largely being determined on the field of battle - something that overshadowed everything else. While there are some serious rhetorical and logical flaws, these flaws are generally overshadowed by the quality and depth of the research. See all examples of overshadow These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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