overshadow

英 [ˌəʊvə'ʃædəʊ] 美 [ˌoʊvər'ʃædoʊ]

• v. 遮阴；使不快乐或减少乐趣；使黯然失色

英英释义

Verb:

1. be greater in significance than;

   "the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"
   

2. make appear small by comparison;

   "This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"
   

3. cast a shadow upon;

   "The tall tree overshadowed the house"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Large oak trees overshadow the garden.
   高大的栎树把花园遮得很暗。
2. They traveled to a village overshadowed by mountains.
   他们旅游到了一个被山影笼罩的村庄。
3. His recent death overshadowed the family gathering.
   他最近去世给家庭聚会蒙上了阴影。
4. Her new book will overshadow all her earlier ones.
   她的这部新作将会使她的早期作品黯然失色。
5. 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。

经典引文

• A stuffed ferret, whose death..had overshadowed..one Easter holiday.

  出自： E. Waugh

近反义词

【近义词】

• dominate 支配
• dwarf 矮子
• eclipse 日或月食
• outshine 优于
• outdo 超过
• surpass 超越
• minimize 将 ... 减到最少...
• reduce 减少
• detract from 减损
• tower 塔
• cloud 云
• darken 变暗
• lower 低的
• shadow 影子