| 词汇 | overshadowed |
| 释义 | overshadowed past simple and past participle ofovershadow 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 (someone) up compare crown crush do something for an encoreidiom eclipse encore outcompete outdo outflank outgo outman push the envelopeidiom put/leave someone in the shadeidiom shade shame steal steal a march on someoneidiom steal someone's thunderidiom surpass You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: High, tall and deep Examples of overshadowedovershadowed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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. Overshadowed by conflicts over collective labour law, the political significance of this legislation has remained unexplored. Under the influence of its heady seduction, performance values are often overshadowed and/or lost or frustrated by technological concerns. However, symptoms of sudden or progressive hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and other cranial neuropathies may be overshadowed by those from other metastases. However, the company's financial position was overshadowed by low prices and non-payment by government agencies. But most ecologists would agree that any territorial tendencies in human beings are far overshadowed by our nature as social animals. These associations were not overshadowed by other cognitive or social risk factors, or by other relevant child temperament traits such as proneness to irritability. Today, the traditional music is a minority art and overshadowed by western music and culture. By mid-1944 the developing links with the garrison command overshadowed consideration of local elites or organized nationalist groups. These two faults are overshadowed by the one major flaw of the book - its brevity. However, this is overshadowed by the enthusiasm for game theory and the argument that rural people should be analysed as individuals and not as groups. Sometimes they become outdated and overshadowed; sometimes their meanings and uses are transformed; sometimes they take on new vitality through the filter of nostalgia. By age, schooling, and experience, he overshadowed his superior whom he saw as an albatross around his neck. The initial euphoria over these methods overshadowed the more classical work being done in the ' mundane ' areas of basic biochemistry such as cell signalling. 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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