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 figure pales in comparison to the number of iPhones apple sells, but dwarfs competitors.
  虽与苹果iPhone相比，这个数字相形见拙，但已经足以傲视其他竞争对手。
• Besides the austere simplicity of such a question, every other achievement of civilization art, philosophy, literature and material living pales into insignificance.
  除了这个严峻而又简单的问题之外，文明的他种成就，如：艺术、哲学、文学，和实际生存，都退到无关重要的地位。
• Her beauty pales beside her mother's.
  她的美貌和她母亲相比就逊色了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。