pales

英 [peɪlz] 美 [peɪlz]

v.  变得比平常白; 变苍白
pale的第三人称单数

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  1. ADJ-GRADED 浅色的；灰白的
    If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white.
    1. Migrating birds filled the pale sky...
      灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。
    2. As we age, our skin becomes paler.
      随着年龄的增长，我们的皮肤愈见苍白。
    3. ...a circle of pale light.
      淡淡的光晕
    4. Pale is also a combining form.
      （亦可用于构词）
    5. ...a pale blue sailor dress...
      浅蓝色水手服
    6. In the background, dressed in pale green, stood Eunice.
      尤妮斯穿着浅绿色的衣服站在后面不起眼的地方。
  2. ADJ-GRADED （脸色）苍白的
    If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.
    1. She looked pale and tired...
      她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。
    2. He went deathly pale.
      他面如死灰。
  3. VERB 显得逊色；相形失色
    If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.
    1. When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
      你爱的人得了致命疾病时，其他一切事情都显得不那么重要了。
    2. ...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
      让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧
  4. PHRASE （行为举止）出格的，越轨的
    If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.
    1. This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
      这种事情真是不可接受。
    2. ...beyond the pale of acceptable human behaviour.
      超出可接受的人类行为的范围
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双语例句

  1. The cost pales into insignificance when compared with the damage done to his reputation
    与对他声誉造成的损伤相比，这一代价就变得微不足道了。
  2. When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.
    你爱的人得了致命疾病时，其他一切事情都显得不那么重要了。
  3. She pales the others with her beauty.
    她的美丽使众人黯然失色。
  4. The peak devil's frown, despite its forbidding name, pales beside some of the mountains we have climbed.
    “鬼见愁”这个名字听来令人生畏，但比起我们爬过的一些高山来，简直相形见绌。
  5. The number of cases pales next to the proliferation of successful hacker attacks in the United States.
    美国近年的黑客袭击频频得手，与之相比，区区三十多起诉讼与和解显得十分苍白。
  6. The figure pales in comparison to the number of iPhones apple sells, but dwarfs competitors.
    虽与苹果iPhone相比，这个数字相形见拙，但已经足以傲视其他竞争对手。
  7. But that also pales in comparison to earning the trust and respect of the few people in your life that truly matter.
    但是这和赢得在你生命里真正重要的人的信任和尊重比起来微不足道。
  8. And when death appears, it pales and withers and crumbles into dust.
    等到死亡出现的时候，它就苍白枯萎，碎成尘土了。
  9. He joked that his own parents 'retirement as Florida snowbirds pales in comparison.
    他开玩笑说，自己父母退休后在佛罗里达州的云游生活，与坎贝尔夫妇相比简直是小巫见大巫。
  10. The figure pales in comparison with local banks 'extensive branch network.
    与中国国内银行完善的分支行网络相比，这个数字就相形见绌了。
  11. The house was enclosed with a white fence of pales.
    那栋房子被一条白色的尖木条栅栏包围着。
  12. What happens in both continents is interesting, but on the world scale it pales into insignificance.
    这两个大陆发生的事情确实值得关注，但放在全球层面上就没那么重要了。
  13. When we get the feeling that our horse is improving, the color of ribbon pales in significance.
    当我们感受到马匹的进步，这种意义彩虹都失去颜色。
  14. Pretty hefty, but it pales next to the risk to spending from household deleveraging.
    影响相当大，但仍不如家庭去杠杆化对消费的影响。
  15. Indeed, television is superior to newspapers in vividness and quickness, but it pales beside B in many other aspects.
    确实，在生动和快捷方面电视比报纸优越，但在其他方面却比报纸逊色。
  16. My coat pales beside his.
    我的外衣比他的逊色。
  17. But that contribution pales in comparison with local competitors.
    不过，这与中国本土竞争对手的成就相形见绌。
  18. The size of the Asian hedge fund market pales in comparison with the US and European markets.
    与美国和欧洲市场相比，亚洲对冲基金市场的规模相形见绌。
  19. Nearly a third of all amphibians assessed by the IUCN are under threat, though that pales by comparison with the three-quarters of plant species found to be in danger.
    被IUCN评估的所有两栖类中近三分之一都面临绝种的威胁，尽管与处境危险的四分之三的植物物种相比要好得多。
  20. The loss of perquisites enjoyed by government officials and business executives pales in comparison to the plight of refugees in many war-torn countries.
    与许多饱受战争创伤的国家的难民所处的困境相比，政府官员和商业管理者失去所享受的特权就相形见绌了。
  21. Somebody can walk into a room who cosmetically looks great, but that pales compared to the person who radiates a sense of well-being.
    有些人通过化妆美丽地走进房间，但跟那些流露出幸福表情的人比起来，就显得逊色了。
  22. She pales in comparison with you.
    与你相比她显得黯然失色。
  23. The small risk of VDPVs pales in significance to the tremendous public health benefits associated with OPV.
    从重要意义上来看，VDPV带来的微小风险与口服脊髓灰质炎疫苗产生的巨大公共卫生相关益处相比黯然失色。
  24. She pales and turns away, shoulders trembling.
    她脸色发白，转过身去，肩膀颤抖着。
  25. Her beauty pales beside her mother's.
    她的美貌和她母亲相比就逊色了。
  26. Here, China pales in comparison to America and other advanced nations.
    在这方面，中国与美国等发达国家相比就黯然失色了。
  27. But it kind of pales in comparison to yours.
    不过跟你的比起来有点苍白。
  28. That issue pales into insignificance beside the one we are discussing now.
    那个问题比较起正在讨论的这一个来就显得无足轻重了。
  29. See the son of my enemy, how he pales in my presents.
    看见我敌人的儿子，我一出现他就仓惶失色。
  30. Besides the austere simplicity of such a question, every other achievement of civilization art, philosophy, literature and material living pales into insignificance.
    除了这个严峻而又简单的问题之外，文明的他种成就，如：艺术、哲学、文学，和实际生存，都退到无关重要的地位。
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