overshadow

英 [ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ]

v.  使显得逊色; 使黯然失色; 使扫兴; 使蒙上阴影; 掩盖; 遮蔽

过去分词：overshadowed　过去式：overshadowed　第三人称单数：overshadows　现在分词：overshadowing　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9694 / COCA.9531

牛津词典

verb

• 使显得逊色；使黯然失色
  to make sb/sth seem less important, or successful
  1. He had always been overshadowed by his elder sister.
     他与他姐姐相比总是相形见绌。
• 使扫兴；使蒙上阴影
  to make an event less enjoyable than it should be
  1. News of the accident overshadowed the day's events.
     出事的消息给这一天的活动蒙上了阴影。
• 掩盖；遮蔽
  to throw a shadow over sth
  1. The garden is overshadowed by tall trees.
     花园中大树浓荫密布。

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。

英英释义

verb

• cast a shadow upon
  1. The tall tree overshadowed the house
• make appear small by comparison
  1. This year's debt dwarfs that of last year
  Synonym:shadowdwarf
• be greater in significance than
  1. the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness
  Synonym:dominateeclipse

双语例句

• And she says while the world is right to be concerned about a possible flu pandemic, it should not let these worries overshadow or interrupt other vital health programs.
  她还说，尽管世界目前担心可能发生的流感疫症，这些担忧不应该遮挡或者干扰我们实施其它生命攸关的健康计划。
• When negative experiences overshadow your positive experiences, the best alternative is to start creating positive memories now.
  当积极的经历成为积极经历的阴影，最好的方法是现在就去创造积极的。
• The researchers think that this occurred about a century ago, just when commercial agriculture was replacing subsistence farming and maize started to overshadow indigenous crops in Africa.
  这组科学家认为这发生在大约一个世纪之前，就在商业农业取代生存农业、而玉米开始取代非洲本土作物的时候。
• Media focus on the Province's death tally has tended to overshadow other statistics of Northern Ireland.
  新闻媒介把焦点集中于该省的死亡记录，这就使得北爱尔兰的其它统计数字不那么引人注目了。
• But the footwear dispute could overshadow those successes.
  但鞋类争端却可能给上述成绩蒙上阴影。
• Negatively, American entertainment media overshadow the popular culture of many nations.
  负面的来说，美国的娱乐媒体掩盖了许多国家的大众文化。
• On top of that, there is the uncertainty surrounding the eurozone crisis and global growth that could overshadow everything.
  除此之外，笼罩欧元区危机和全球增长的不确定性，可能会给一切蒙上一层阴影。
• Laziness will always overshadow your true potential.
  懒惰会掩盖你的潜力。
• But that should not overshadow the conviction with which new labour has embraced globalisation and kept the economy and the country open to trade, investment and immigrants.
  然而，这不应抹杀新工党（newlabour）拥抱全球化、并保持经济和国家对贸易、投资和移民开放的信念。
• Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, and North Korea will be up for discussion, and Mr Obama is expected to make a food security announcement on Friday. But the eurozone will overshadow all other conversations.
  这次峰会将讨论伊朗、叙利亚、阿富汗和朝鲜问题，预计周五奥巴马还会作出一项有关粮食安全的宣布，但欧元区问题使其他议题都相形见绌。