overshadow

overshadow

[.əuvə'ʃædəu]

v.遮阴, 使不快乐或减少乐趣, 使黯然失色

例句与用法：

Despite her professional success, she is always overshadow by her husband.

尽管她事业有成，但和丈夫相比总觉逊色。

They traveled to a village overshadowed by mountains.

他们旅游到了一个被山影笼罩的村庄。

His recent death overshadowed the family gathering.

他最近去世给家庭聚会蒙上了阴影。

词形变化：

动词过去式: overshadowed | 动词过去分词: overshadowed | 动词现在分词: overshadowing | 动词第三人称单数: overshadows |

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vt.

1. 给……投上阴影; 遮暗

2. 在重要性方面超过; 夺去……的光彩; 使相形见拙

Her new book will overshadow all her earlier ones.

她的新书将会使她以前写的书都黯然失色。