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overshadowing

/oh-ver-shad-oh/US // ˌoʊ vərˈʃæd oʊ //UK // (ˌəʊvəˈʃædəʊ) //

遮遮掩掩,遮遮掩掩的,笼罩着,笼罩

Related Words

outweigh大于,大于等于,超过了,超过dim暗淡,昏暗,昏暗的,暗淡无光dwarf侏儒,矮人,矮子,矮小的人eclipse日蚀,日食,月食,蚀dominate主导,支配,主导地位,支配的cloud云,云层,云雾,云端bedim贝迪姆,贝蒂姆,贝迪姆公司,贝迪莫darken变黑,发黑,变黑了,变暗preponderate领先的,占优势的,占优势,占主导地位overcast阴天,阴霾,阴雨天,阴雨excel杰出,优秀,擅长,杰出的rule规则,规矩,细则,规章制度outshine超越,胜出,胜过,超出haze雾霾,阴霾,雾度,雾气obfuscate混淆,混淆视听,混淆了,混淆不清command指挥部,指挥,命令,指令adumbrate润饰,润物细无声,润色,润饰的surpass胜过,超越,超过,越过govern治理,管理,管治,治理的becloud溴云,溴化物,溴烟,溴化

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to be more important or significant by comparison: For years he overshadowed his brother.
    • : to cast a shadow over; cover with shadows, clouds, darkness, etc.; darken or obscure: clouds overshadowing the moon.
    • : to make sad or hang heavily over; cast a pall on: a disappointment that overshadowed their last years.
    • : Archaic. to shelter or protect.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmake obscure, dim, vague
Forms: overshadowed
Synonyms
cloud云,云层,云雾,云端dim暗淡,昏暗,昏暗的,暗淡无光dominate主导,支配,主导地位,支配的dwarf侏儒,矮人,矮子,矮小的人eclipse日蚀,日食,月食,蚀outweigh大于,大于等于,超过了,超过adumbrate润饰,润物细无声,润色,润饰的becloud溴云,溴化物,溴烟,溴化bedim贝迪姆,贝蒂姆,贝迪姆公司,贝迪莫command指挥部,指挥,命令,指令darken变黑,发黑,变黑了,变暗excel杰出,优秀,擅长,杰出的govern治理,管理,管治,治理的haze雾霾,阴霾,雾度,雾气obfuscate混淆,混淆视听,混淆了,混淆不清outshine超越,胜出,胜过,超出overcast阴天,阴霾,阴雨天,阴雨overcloud凌云,超云,凌云阁,凌云峰preponderate领先的,占优势的,占优势,占主导地位rule规则,规矩,细则,规章制度shadow阴影,影子,影,阴霾surpass胜过,超越,超过,越过veil面纱,遮盖物,幔子,纱幔leave in the shade留在阴凉处,放在阴凉处,放在阴凉的地方,留在阴暗处overweigh超重,过重,超标,超重了rise above超越,高过,超越自我,超越了steal spotlight窃取焦点,窃取聚光灯,窃取亮点,窃取焦点信息take precedence占先,优先考虑,占主导地位,为先tower above上方的塔楼,上方塔楼,上方的塔台,上方的塔

Examples

  • Global fears of China's authoritarian rise are overshadowing the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing and sparking calls for a boycott.

  • Sure, vaccines are being rolled out, though even this ray of light is overshadowed by supply issues.

  • What really overshadows him isn’t what he achieved on the field, or his late career run of bad luck in the playoffs — it’s the successes of the quarterback who just beat him.

  • At 5-foot-2, a college guard puts up numbers that overshadow his height

  • As it turned out, the candidate BioNTech and Pfizer first tested outside of China performed slightly better, which is one reason why Pfizer has overshadowed Fosun as BioNTech’s partner.

  • The tragedy America faced in that valley will always overshadow any other thoughts we have about the place.

  • But feverish speculation and the constant patter of Vaudevillian innuendo came to overshadow more serious business.

  • Adraee's stellar performance may overshadow his actual message so I have taken the time to break it down for you.

  • The rap on college athletic programs is that they are corrupt, overshadow academic study, and do a disservice to student-athletes.

  • The notion that something fun and relaxing can also be healthy is extremely enticing, and may overshadow alcohol's drawbacks.

  • There is much else in Winchester, though the cathedral and its associations may overshadow everything.

  • O you who are quickly ready to help, I implore you for wealth whereby we may overshadow all men, like the sky.

  • A marble mansion, with all the modern improvements, could not more proudly overshadow all its neighbors than it did.

  • Sometimes they suddenly overshadow the traveller, who only escapes from them by rapid riding.

  • Anecdotes and stories are generally too long for Sunday-school teaching, and the danger is that they will overshadow the truth.

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