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

• Nearly a third of all amphibians assessed by the IUCN are under threat, though that pales by comparison with the three-quarters of plant species found to be in danger.
  被IUCN评估的所有两栖类中近三分之一都面临绝种的威胁，尽管与处境危险的四分之三的植物物种相比要好得多。
• The loss of perquisites enjoyed by government officials and business executives pales in comparison to the plight of refugees in many war-torn countries.
  与许多饱受战争创伤的国家的难民所处的困境相比，政府官员和商业管理者失去所享受的特权就相形见绌了。
• The size of the Asian hedge fund market pales in comparison with the US and European markets.
  与美国和欧洲市场相比，亚洲对冲基金市场的规模相形见绌。
• See the son of my enemy, how he pales in my presents.
  看见我敌人的儿子，我一出现他就仓惶失色。
• But that contribution pales in comparison with local competitors.
  不过，这与中国本土竞争对手的成就相形见绌。
• 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。
• 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。
• He joked that his own parents 'retirement as Florida snowbirds pales in comparison.
  他开玩笑说，自己父母退休后在佛罗里达州的云游生活，与坎贝尔夫妇相比简直是小巫见大巫。
• 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。