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

• A leaf before the eye shuts out Mount Tai--have one's view of the important overshadowed by the trivial.; A single leaf before the eye blacks out the view of a mountain.
  一叶蔽目，不见泰山。
• His recent death overshadowed the family gathering.
  他最近去世了，这给家庭聚会蒙上了阴影。
• 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。
• But this help was overshadowed by the assistance which was given by the king of france.
  但是这可贵的帮助与法国国王所给予的援助比较起来就显得黯然失色。
• 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。
• The conference was overshadowed by tense meetings on the sidelines involving several of the leaders.
  不过，在大会召开的同时，一些领导人在会外举行了气氛紧张的会晤，给整个大会蒙上了阴影。
• 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。
• 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。
• His last years were overshadowed by financial worry.
  他生命的最后几年穷困潦倒，十分惨淡。