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

• But that appears to have been overshadowed by the slowing economy.
  但是，这似乎已经被经济放缓蒙上了一层阴影。
• We recognize that our differences are greatly overshadowed by issues which bind us and strengthen our relationship.
  我们已注意到，那些将我们联系在一起并且强化我们关系的东西已在很大程度上弱化了我们之间的差异。
• But it's also all overshadowed by four blindingly great new songs from eminem.
  但这些都被阿姆的四首耀眼的新歌所掩盖了。
• 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。
• "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。
• Their gaieties were overshadowed by the sad news.
  这不幸的消息使他们的欢乐蒙上一层阴影。
• He says the benefits from lower fuel prices are overshadowed by falling demand and plummeting revenues.
  他说，燃油价格下跌带来的好处被需求下降和收入减少所抵销。
• Her breasts overshadowed my vision.
  她的胸部充斥了我的视野。
• 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。
• 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。