Overshadow Overshadowed Make Verb 动词 Ed ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ
This flashcard defines and provides examples for the English word "overshadow". Overshadow can mean to make something less happy or enjoyable, to make someone less successful or important, or for a physical object to block out light.
This flashcard defines and provides examples for the English word "overshadow". Overshadow can mean to make something less happy or enjoyable, to make someone less successful or important, or for a physical object to block out light.
[VERB 动词]给…蒙上阴影；使扫兴 If an unpleasant event or feeling overshadows something, it makes it less happy or enjoyable.
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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。
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。
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[VERB 动词]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.
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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。
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[VERB 动词]（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.
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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。
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。
Oxford
over·shadow/ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ; NAmEˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ/verb[often passive ]1overshadowsb/sth to make sb/sth seem less important, or successful 使显得逊色；使黯然失色◆He had always been overshadowed by his elder sister.他与他姐姐相比总是相形见绌。2overshadowsth to make an event less enjoyable than it should be 使扫兴；使蒙上阴影SYN
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◆News of the accident overshadowed the day's events.出事的消息给这一天的活动蒙上了阴影。3overshadowsth to throw a shadow over sth 掩盖；遮蔽◆The garden is overshadowed by tall trees.花园中大树浓荫密布。overshadowovershadowsovershadowedovershadowingover·shadow/ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ; NAmEˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ/
1to make someone or something else seem less important: Her interest in politics began to overshadow her desire to be a poet. The achievement of the men’s team was overshadowed by the continuing success of the women’s team.2to make an occasion or period of time less enjoyable by making people feel sad or worried: The threat of war overshadowed the summer of 1939.3if a tall building, mountain etc overshadows a place, it is very close to it and much taller than it: a dark valley overshadowed by towering peaks