overshadowed

英 [ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊd]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊd]

v.  使显得逊色; 使黯然失色; 使扫兴; 使蒙上阴影; 掩盖; 遮蔽
overshadow的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 给…蒙上阴影；使扫兴
  If an unpleasant event or feelingovershadowssomething, it makes it less happy or enjoyable.
  1. Fears for the President's safety could overshadow his peace-making mission...
     对总统安全的担忧可能会给他的调解使命蒙上阴影。
  2. Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.
     她的母亲被关在精神病院，这给她的童年蒙上了阴影。
• VERB 使黯然失色；使相形见绌；使显得无足轻重
  If youare overshadowed bya person or thing, you are less successful, important, or impressive than they are.
  1. Hester is overshadowed by her younger and more attractive sister.
     赫斯特在她那年轻而且姿色更胜一筹的妹妹面前黯然失色。
• VERB （楼房、树木、大型建筑物等）遮蔽，遮挡
  If one building, tree, or large structureovershadowsanother, it stands near it, is much taller than it, and casts a shadow over it.
  1. He also designed one of the Edinburgh University towers that overshadows George Square...
     他还设计了爱丁堡大学一座投影于乔治广场的塔楼。
  2. She said stations should be in the open, near housing, not overshadowed by trees or walls.
     她说车站应该建在住宅区附近的开阔地带，而不应为树木或墙壁所遮挡。

双语例句

• All other laurels are overshadowed by hers.
  所有的荣誉与她所获得的相比都黯然失色。
• Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.
  她的母亲被关在精神病院，这给她的童年蒙上了阴影。
• A delicate friendship unfolds which, overshadowed by competition at work and in love, eventually ends in betrayal.
  在工作和爱情的竞争下，这段友谊最终受不了考验，结束在背叛之中。
• Only indulged wholeheartedly to yesterday the recollection and the attachment, today will be overshadowed, dispirited widowed happy.
  一心只沉溺于对昨天的回忆与眷恋，今天将黯然失色，颓唐寡欢。
• Although overshadowed by the growth figures, there was another disturbing economic release on Thursday.
  经济增长数据已经令人不快，周四美国还发布了另一项令人不安的经济指标。
• They are now likely to be overshadowed by the diplomatic confrontation between the two biggest economies.
  现在看来，全球最大两个经济体之间的外交对抗，很可能给本次高层对话蒙上阴影。
• "Left" slogans and rhetoric overshadowed or diminished the power of the Party's correct slogans and views.
  左的口号、左的词句掩盖了或减弱了党的正确口号和主张的力量。
• Mary was sometimes overshadowed by the more talkative members of the family.
  有时家中更健谈的人使玛丽显得黯然失色。
• Here, India and Brazil are currently overshadowed by China and Russia.
  在这个市场，中国和俄罗斯目前超越了印度和巴西。
• Clinton's trip will be her sixth to Asia in18 months, reflecting the Obama administration's effort to sharpen its focus on the region that had been overshadowed by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  克林顿此行将是她18个月来第六次出访亚洲。这反映了奥巴马政府加强关注这一地区的努力。此前，伊拉克和阿富汗战争使得美国忽视了建立与亚洲国家的关系。