overshadows

英 [ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊz]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊz]

v.  使显得逊色; 使黯然失色; 使扫兴; 使蒙上阴影; 掩盖; 遮蔽
overshadow的第三人称单数

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

• Chief executives come and go, the business blunders on, but politics overshadows everything.
  首席执行官如走马灯般更换，经营磕磕绊绊，但办公室政治盖过了一切。
• The index gets a much-needed attention, but it overshadows other activities and exposes it to criticism.
  这一指数既赢得了其所急需的关注，却又盖住了其他活动的风头，并将自己推至风口浪尖。
• Meanwhile, the prospect of environmental annihilation caused by rising sea levels overshadows island life.
  与此同时，因海平面上升而造成环境毁灭的前景则给岛上生活投下了阴影。
• But its financial support for the revolution that has turned into a vicious civil war dramatically overshadows western backing for the opposition.
  但该国对这场已演变成血腥内战的革命的资金支持，大大超过西方对叙反对派的支持。
• Collectively, Eurasia's potential power overshadows even America's.
  总的来说，欧亚的力量让美国相形见绌。
• 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。
• The drawbacks are that politics sometimes overshadows business and you get more speeches than practical solutions.
  商业有时会笼罩在政治的阴影之下，你会获得更多的演讲而非实际的解决问题之道。
• It goes without saying that Shakespeare overshadows all the other playwrights throughout the ages.
  毫无疑问，莎士比亚使各个时代的剧作家相形见绌。
• But Maxwell's work in the theory of electricity and magnetism far overshadows his other work.
  然而，麦克斯韦在电磁理论方面的成就，使他的其他成就相形见绌。
• The contribution of the guide surface roughness overshadows that of the fiber surface roughness.
  导纱杆表面粗糙度的作用超过纤维表面的粗糙度。