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

• 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。
• Her breasts overshadowed my vision.
  她的胸部充斥了我的视野。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You mustn't let your faith be overshadowed by guilt.
  不要让你的罪恶遮住了你的信念。
• 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。