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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。