take a dim view of something
dim
verb[ I or T ]
uk /dɪm/ us /dɪm/-mm-
C2
to (make something) become less bright: （使）变暗，（使）亮度降低
Someone dimmed the lights.有人调低了灯的亮度。
The lights dimmed and the curtains opened.灯光暗了下来，大幕随之拉开。
literary
to (make a positive feeling or quality) become less strong: （使）减弱，（使）变淡
Our hopes/expectations dimmed as the hours passed.我们的希望／期望随着时间的流逝变得越来越渺茫了。

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dim | American Dictionary

dim
adjective[ -er/-est only ]
us/dɪm/-mm-
not bright; not giving or having much light:
A dim bulb provides the only light in the hall.
Something that is dim is also not clear in your mind or memory or not likely to happen:
I had only a dim memory of a tall, slender man.

dimly

adverbus/ˈdɪm·li/
a dimly lit hallway
dim
verb[ I/T ]
us/dɪm/-mm-
to become or make something less bright:
[ I ]In the middle of the storm, the lights suddenly dimmed.

Examples of dim

dim
To look at alterations in photon responses, dim flashes of light were presented in the presence or absence of steady background illumination.
In the dim light their eyes meet mine, reaching as an open hand, their ears a bridge across the borders of our lives.
Moreover, the prospect of finding some other neutral and equally authoritative device that can properly distinguish authentic from inauthentic values looks dim.
The light-stimulus protocol, a 16-second episode of flickering light superimposed on a dim background light, is illustrated at the bottom.
In the dark-adapted state all surgery and the electrode placements were done under dim red light.
A high threshold was used to detect bright objects around the soma and a low threshold was used to detect dimmer objects in the processes.
Suddenly the car began to slow down, the lights dimmed and the battery warning light came on.
Following dark adaptation, an eye was removed, hemisected, and mounted in a recording chamber under dim red light.
At dim light levels, for which this noise is relatively large, large receptive fields would increase the signal-to-noise ratio through averaging.
In experiments carried out in the dark, all manipulations including dissection, incubation, and tissue rinses were carried out under dim red light.
All surgery and experimental procedures were conducted in dim red light.
However, for dim stimuli, the response amplitude is linearly related to flash intensity.
A dim red cross presented at the centre of the visual field was used for fixation.
Early recovery of dimming sensitivity in tectum and torus longitudinalis.
The methods he invented were extraordinarily simple and dim.
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