overshadow
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++o·ver·shad·ow /ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ $ ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ/ verb [transitive] 1 UNIMPORTANTto make someone or something else seem less important 使〔别的人或事〕显得较不重要，使相形见绌[黯然失色] Her interest in politics began to overshadow her desire to be a poet. 她对政治的兴趣开始盖过了想当诗人的愿望。 The achievement of the men’s team was overshadowed by the continuing success of the women’s team. 男子组的成绩在女子组的连连胜利面前相形见绌。2 WORRIEDto make an occasion or period of time less enjoyable by making people feel sad or worried 〔因使人感到难过或忧虑而〕给〔某一场合或某段时间〕蒙上阴影 The threat of war overshadowed the summer of 1939. 战争的威胁给1939年的夏天蒙上了阴影。3 BIGif a tall building, mountain etc overshadows a place, it is very close to it and much taller than it 〔高楼、高山等〕遮蔽，遮挡〔周围某处〕 a dark valley overshadowed by towering peaks 被高耸的山峰遮蔽的幽暗山谷→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
overshadow• Tim felt constantly overshadowed by his older brother.• He has been overshadowed by Kevin Hardy, the top defensive prospect in the draft.• Gore has assiduously cultivated his eventual presidential candidacy without undercutting or overshadowing Clinton.• The first was that the adjoining bungalow would not be overshadowed, either practically or figuratively, by the new house.• But even this sad circumstance was overshadowed for me by political events of the week.• It would be overshadowed if it did.• Rumors of financial malpractice overshadowed the President's inauguration ceremony.• An impressive 25-story skyscraper overshadows the temple next door.• It was an anxiety so consuming that it overshadowed what actually happened once the war came.o·ver·shad·ow verbChineseSyllable
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overshadow
o‧ver‧shad‧ow /ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ $ ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ/
verb [transitive]1. to make someone or something else seem less important:
Her interest in politics began to overshadow her desire to be a poet.
The achievement of the men’s team was overshadowed by the continuing success of the women’s team.
2. to make an occasion or period of time less enjoyable by making people feel sad or worried:
The threat of war overshadowed the summer of 1939.
3. if a tall building, mountain etc overshadows a place, it is very close to it and much taller than it:
a dark valley overshadowed by towering peaks
o‧ver‧shad‧ow /ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ $ ˌoʊvərˈʃædoʊ/
verb [transitive]1. to make someone or something else seem less important: 2. to make an occasion or period of time less enjoyable by making people feel sad or worried:
3. if a tall building, mountain etc overshadows a place, it is very close to it and much taller than it: