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 conference was overshadowed by tense meetings on the sidelines involving several of the leaders.
  不过，在大会召开的同时，一些领导人在会外举行了气氛紧张的会晤，给整个大会蒙上了阴影。
• However, the clean-up effort has been overshadowed by the latest scandal in China.
  然而，最近发生在中国的丑闻给GSK的自洁努力蒙上阴影。
• 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。
• 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。
• "Oh, well, no wonder mine were overshadowed by Beaufort's," said Archer irritably.
  “噢，一准是我的花被博福特的压住了，”阿切尔烦躁地说。
• 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 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。
• A delicate friendship unfolds which, overshadowed by competition at work and in love, eventually ends in betrayal.
  在工作和爱情的竞争下，这段友谊最终受不了考验，结束在背叛之中。
• You mustn't let your faith be overshadowed by guilt.
  不要让你的罪恶遮住了你的信念。
• Clinton's trip will be her sixth to Asia in18 months, reflecting the Obama administration's effort to sharpen its focus on the region that had been overshadowed by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  克林顿此行将是她18个月来第六次出访亚洲。这反映了奥巴马政府加强关注这一地区的努力。此前，伊拉克和阿富汗战争使得美国忽视了建立与亚洲国家的关系。