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单词 overshadow
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overshadow
verb[Toften passive]
uk
/ˌəʊ.vəˈʃæd.əʊ/us
/ˌoʊ.vɚˈʃæd.oʊ/
tocausesomeone or something toseemlessimportantor lesshappy:
使黯然失色；使相形见绌；使蒙上阴影
Karen has alwaysfeltovershadowed by herfamouseldersister.凯伦总觉得自己与出名的姐姐相比光彩全无。
Myhappinesswas overshadowed by thebadnews.这个坏消息给我的幸福蒙上了阴影。
(of abuilding) to be muchtallerthan anotherbuildingandthereforeblockthesunfrom it:
（建筑物）遮蔽，遮暗
GrandCentralStation in New York is overshadowed by the PanAmbuilding.纽约中央火车站被泛美大厦遮住了阳光。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Surpassing in quality or number
  • beat
  • catch
  • catch(someone)up
  • compare
  • crown
  • crush
  • dosomethingfor an encoreidiom
  • eclipse
  • encore
  • outcompete
  • outdo
  • outflank
  • outgo
  • outman
  • put/leavesomeonein the shadeidiom
  • shame
  • steal a march onsomeoneidiom
  • stealsomeone'sthunderidiom
  • surpass
  • tower
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High, tall and deep
(Definition ofovershadowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

overshadow| American Dictionary

overshadow
verb[T]
us
/ˌoʊ·vərˈʃæd·oʊ/
tocausesomeone or something toseemlessimportantornoticeable:
Karen has always been overshadowed by heroldersister.
(Definition ofovershadowfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofovershadow

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However, this overshadows the deeper questions about religion, plurality, and tolerance.
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Moreover, style was often overshadowed by subject matter in that it is likely that prints were frequently chosen for what they portrayed.
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Today, the traditional music is a minority art and overshadowed by western music and culture.
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The ministry's need to maintain organizational viability overshadowed any desires to maintain amiable relations with banks.
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By 1750 law enforcement was still overshadowed by the gallows, but it had acquired many refinements, not least in its preventative and investigative functions.
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In view of criterion the loss of growth potential due to plasmid transfer overshadows the growth of the non-senescent fungus from resource consumption.
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Under the influence of its heady seduction, performance values are often overshadowed and/or lost or frustrated by technological concerns.
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However, the company's financial position was overshadowed by low prices and non-payment by government agencies.
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All politics did not evaporate in the alchemy of the creative process, however: class politics were overshadowed though not effaced by the politics of sexuality.
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However, symptoms of sudden or progressive hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo and other cranial neuropathies may be overshadowed by those from other metastases.
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The effects upon the actual records overshadowed some equally great revolutions behind the scenes, which tend to be forgotten.
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The attention given to the estancia in the literature overshadows the performance of arable farming throughout the first half of the century.
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They value community more highly than individual rights, and their fear of internal and external disorder overshadows their concern for official misconduct.
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Without being flippant, this reviewer would reply that they were largely being determined on the field of battle - something that overshadowed everything else.
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While there are some serious rhetorical and logical flaws, these flaws are generally overshadowed by the quality and depth of the research.
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