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pales

英 [peɪlz]

美 [peɪlz]

v.  变得比平常白; 变苍白
pale的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

  • ADJ-GRADED 浅色的;灰白的
    If something ispale, 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. Paleis 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。
  • ADJ-GRADED (脸色)苍白的
    If someone lookspale, 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。
  • VERB 显得逊色;相形失色
    If one thingpalesin 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
  • 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 arebeyond 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

双语例句

  • 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。
  • She pales and turns away, shoulders trembling.
    她脸色发白,转过身去,肩膀颤抖着。
  • She pales the others with her beauty.
    她的美丽使众人黯然失色。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • She pales in comparison with you.
    与你相比她显得黯然失色。
  • Her beauty pales beside her mother's.
    她的美貌和她母亲相比就逊色了。
  • 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。
  • 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。
  • 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。