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

• 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。
• 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。
• And when death appears, it pales and withers and crumbles into dust.
  等到死亡出现的时候，它就苍白枯萎，碎成尘土了。
• She pales the others with her beauty.
  她的美丽使众人黯然失色。
• The house was enclosed with a white fence of pales.
  那栋房子被一条白色的尖木条栅栏包围着。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pretty hefty, but it pales next to the risk to spending from household deleveraging.
  影响相当大，但仍不如家庭去杠杆化对消费的影响。
• 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。