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

• 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。
• The number of cases pales next to the proliferation of successful hacker attacks in the United States.
  美国近年的黑客袭击频频得手，与之相比，区区三十多起诉讼与和解显得十分苍白。
• But that also pales in comparison to earning the trust and respect of the few people in your life that truly matter.
  但是这和赢得在你生命里真正重要的人的信任和尊重比起来微不足道。
• The figure pales in comparison with local banks 'extensive branch network.
  与中国国内银行完善的分支行网络相比，这个数字就相形见绌了。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• When we get the feeling that our horse is improving, the color of ribbon pales in significance.
  当我们感受到马匹的进步，这种意义彩虹都失去颜色。
• 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。