overshadow

verb

1. 使显得逊色；使黯然失色
   to make sb/sth seem less important, or successful
   1. He had always been overshadowed by his elder sister.
      他与他姐姐相比总是相形见绌。
2. 使扫兴；使蒙上阴影
   to make an event less enjoyable than it should be
   1. News of the accident overshadowed the day's events.
      出事的消息给这一天的活动蒙上了阴影。
3. 掩盖；遮蔽
   to throw a shadow over sth
   1. The garden is overshadowed by tall trees.
      花园中大树浓荫密布。

1. VERB 给…蒙上阴影；使扫兴
   If an unpleasant event or feeling overshadows something, it makes it less happy or enjoyable.
   1. Fears for the President's safety could overshadow his peace-making mission...
      对总统安全的担忧可能会给他的调解使命蒙上阴影。
   2. Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.
      她的母亲被关在精神病院，这给她的童年蒙上了阴影。
2. VERB 使黯然失色；使相形见绌；使显得无足轻重
   If you are overshadowed by a person or thing, you are less successful, important, or impressive than they are.
   1. Hester is overshadowed by her younger and more attractive sister.
      赫斯特在她那年轻而且姿色更胜一筹的妹妹面前黯然失色。
3. VERB （楼房、树木、大型建筑物等）遮蔽，遮挡
   If one building, tree, or large structure overshadows another, it stands near it, is much taller than it, and casts a shadow over it.
   1. He also designed one of the Edinburgh University towers that overshadows George Square...
      他还设计了爱丁堡大学一座投影于乔治广场的塔楼。
   2. She said stations should be in the open, near housing, not overshadowed by trees or walls.
      她说车站应该建在住宅区附近的开阔地带，而不应为树木或墙壁所遮挡。

1. Fears for the President's safety could overshadow his peace-making mission
   对总统安全的担忧可能会给他的调解使命蒙上阴影。
2. Her childhood was overshadowed by her mother's incarceration in a psychiatric hospital.
   她的母亲被关在精神病院，这给她的童年蒙上了阴影。
3. Hester is overshadowed by her younger and more attractive sister.
   赫斯特在她那年轻而且姿色更胜一筹的妹妹面前黯然失色。
4. He also designed one of the Edinburgh University towers that overshadows George Square
   他还设计了爱丁堡大学一座投影于乔治广场的塔楼。
5. She said stations should be in the open, near housing, not overshadowed by trees or walls.
   她说车站应该建在住宅区附近的开阔地带，而不应为树木或墙壁所遮挡。
6. But the closer one examines the logistical innovations, the more they overshadow grand strategy.
   但越是对后勤创新有所了解，人们就越觉得宏大的战略作用甚微。
7. In some organizations bureaucracy and politics overshadow constructive logic.
   在一些组织中，官僚主义和政治遮蔽了建设性的逻辑。
8. But, she says, that shouldn't overshadow the work the U.S. needs to do with those countries.
   但她同时说，这并不应该让美国与这些国家的合作蒙上阴影。
9. Laziness will always overshadow your true potential.
   懒惰会掩盖你的潜力。
10. But that should not overshadow the conviction with which new labour has embraced globalisation and kept the economy and the country open to trade, investment and immigrants.
    然而，这不应抹杀新工党（newlabour）拥抱全球化、并保持经济和国家对贸易、投资和移民开放的信念。
11. But China's stand-off with America over Taiwan will still overshadow its relationship with Japan.
    但是中国拉美国来疏远台湾也使美日关系蒙上阴影。
12. The New Age can be a time of great peace and evolution for your race, but only if your rulers are made aware of the evil forces that can overshadow their judgments.
    新世纪可以是一个伟大的和平时刻和为了你们的种族进化，但仅仅是如果你们的统治者意识到可以遮蔽他们判断的邪恶势力。
13. For an easter egg, something fun and whimsical, to overshadow the entire rest of the game was a huge problem, and one that existed for far too long.
    作为一个复活节彩蛋，是有些有趣和古怪的，使游戏剩下的内容失色是一个巨大的问题，并且他存在的太久了。
14. Or the temptation comes for us to even overshadow Christ.
    甚至有些时候，我们内心会有试探，试图盖过基督的光芒。
15. When negative experiences overshadow your positive experiences, the best alternative is to start creating positive memories now.
    当积极的经历成为积极经历的阴影，最好的方法是现在就去创造积极的。
16. And the power from the most high will overshadow you.
    那至高无上的力量将把你淹没。
17. Media focus on the Province's death tally has tended to overshadow other statistics of Northern Ireland.
    新闻媒介把焦点集中于该省的死亡记录，这就使得北爱尔兰的其它统计数字不那么引人注目了。
18. And she says while the world is right to be concerned about a possible flu pandemic, it should not let these worries overshadow or interrupt other vital health programs.
    她还说，尽管世界目前担心可能发生的流感疫症，这些担忧不应该遮挡或者干扰我们实施其它生命攸关的健康计划。
19. In doing so, they risk under-investing in the regulatory structures required to ensure that the desire for quick profits does not overshadow concerns about how research is done.
    在这一过程中，这些国家冒着对规范科学研究的体系投资不足的危险。这一体系确保迅速获取利润的要求不会让人们忽视对研究进行方式的关注。
20. Important as the LCR is, it must not overshadow the importance of bank solvency.
    虽然LCR的确很重要，但是它不能掩盖银行偿付能力的重要性。
21. Negatively, American entertainment media overshadow the popular culture of many nations.
    负面的来说，美国的娱乐媒体掩盖了许多国家的大众文化。
22. To its relief the earthquake helped defuse some of this anger, which was threatening to overshadow the Beijing Olympics in August.
    令其宽慰的是，地震帮助化解了威胁要抵制8月北京奥运会的愤怒情绪。
23. Your worries and personal concerns are important, but do not allow them to overshadow the need for your upliftment.
    您的忧虑和个人的关注是重要的，但不要让他们掩盖了你的生活水平提高的需要。
24. Iran, Syria, Afghanistan, and North Korea will be up for discussion, and Mr Obama is expected to make a food security announcement on Friday. But the eurozone will overshadow all other conversations.
    这次峰会将讨论伊朗、叙利亚、阿富汗和朝鲜问题，预计周五奥巴马还会作出一项有关粮食安全的宣布，但欧元区问题使其他议题都相形见绌。
25. On top of that, there is the uncertainty surrounding the eurozone crisis and global growth that could overshadow everything.
    除此之外，笼罩欧元区危机和全球增长的不确定性，可能会给一切蒙上一层阴影。
26. The Director-General said that concerns about a pandemic should not overshadow, or interrupt other vital health programmes.
    总干事说，对大流行的关切不应降低其他的重要卫生规划的重要性或中断其工作进程。
27. The researchers think that this occurred about a century ago, just when commercial agriculture was replacing subsistence farming and maize started to overshadow indigenous crops in Africa.
    这组科学家认为这发生在大约一个世纪之前，就在商业农业取代生存农业、而玉米开始取代非洲本土作物的时候。
28. Mr Subramanian argues that China's economic might will overshadow America's sooner than people think.
    MrSubramanian称中国的经济影响可能会以超乎人们预想的速度超越美国。
29. But the footwear dispute could overshadow those successes.
    但鞋类争端却可能给上述成绩蒙上阴影。

verb

1. cast a shadow upon
   1. The tall tree overshadowed the house

2. make appear small by comparison
   1. This year's debt dwarfs that of last year

   Synonym:    shadowdwarf

3. be greater in significance than
   1. the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness

   Synonym:    dominateeclipse