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

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  1. VERB 给…蒙上阴影；使扫兴
    If an unpleasant event or feeling overshadows something, 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。
  2. VERB 使黯然失色；使相形见绌；使显得无足轻重
    If you are overshadowed by a 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。
  3. VERB （楼房、树木、大型建筑物等）遮蔽，遮挡
    If one building, tree, or large structure overshadows another, 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。
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双语例句

  1. His triumph was overshadowed by an uneasy sense of foreboding.
    他的胜利因为一种令人不安的不祥预感蒙上了阴影。
  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。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. Those concerns were overshadowed by subsequent events.
    随后发生的事使之前所关注的那些问题显得无足轻重。
  6. His last years were overshadowed by financial worry.
    他生命的最后几年穷困潦倒，十分惨淡。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. The huge brick house which banker White had built on Buckey street had overshadowed it.
    银行家怀特在白克埃街上建的大砖屋，使它黯然失色。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. However, the clean-up effort has been overshadowed by the latest scandal in China.
    然而，最近发生在中国的丑闻给GSK的自洁努力蒙上阴影。
  14. 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。
  15. 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。
  16. But their win was overshadowed by an angry exchange late on between the two defenders.
    但是他们的胜利却被一起愤怒的打架事件所笼罩了。
  17. 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。
  18. "Oh, well, no wonder mine were overshadowed by Beaufort's," said Archer irritably.
    “噢，一准是我的花被博福特的压住了，”阿切尔烦躁地说。
  19. 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。
  20. Her breasts overshadowed my vision.
    她的胸部充斥了我的视野。
  21. 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。
  22. You mustn't let your faith be overshadowed by guilt.
    不要让你的罪恶遮住了你的信念。
  23. 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。
  24. His recent death overshadowed the family gathering.
    他最近去世了，这给家庭聚会蒙上了阴影。
  25. 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。
  26. "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。
  27. 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。
  28. 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。
  29. 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。
  30. 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。
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