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

• Her beauty pales beside her mother's.
  她的美貌和她母亲相比就逊色了。
• She pales the others with her beauty.
  她的美丽使众人黯然失色。
• She pales in comparison with you.
  与你相比她显得黯然失色。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She pales and turns away, shoulders trembling.
  她脸色发白，转过身去，肩膀颤抖着。
• My coat pales beside his.
  我的外衣比他的逊色。
• But it kind of pales in comparison to yours.
  不过跟你的比起来有点苍白。
• Indeed, television is superior to newspapers in vividness and quickness, but it pales beside B in many other aspects.
  确实，在生动和快捷方面电视比报纸优越，但在其他方面却比报纸逊色。