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 small risk of VDPVs pales in significance to the tremendous public health benefits associated with OPV.
  从重要意义上来看，VDPV带来的微小风险与口服脊髓灰质炎疫苗产生的巨大公共卫生相关益处相比黯然失色。
• 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。
• He joked that his own parents 'retirement as Florida snowbirds pales in comparison.
  他开玩笑说，自己父母退休后在佛罗里达州的云游生活，与坎贝尔夫妇相比简直是小巫见大巫。
• She pales in comparison with you.
  与你相比她显得黯然失色。
• But it kind of pales in comparison to yours.
  不过跟你的比起来有点苍白。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。