基本释义
- adj.
- 昏暗的; 模糊的; 渺茫的; 迟钝的
- v.
- （使）变昏暗，变模糊，变渺茫; （使）减弱，淡化
实用例句
I could see a dim shape in the doorway.
我模模糊糊看见门口有个人影。
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His eyesight is getting dim.
他的视力越来越差。
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dim memories
模糊的记忆
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She had a dim recollection of the visit.
她依稀记得那次访问。
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(humorous)in the dim and distant past
在遥远模糊的过去
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He's very dim.
他很迟钝。
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Her future career prospects look dim.
她的前程看来很暗淡。
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[不可数名词]It took a while for his eyes to adjust to the dimness.
过了好一阵他的眼睛才适应了这昏暗的地方。
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She took a dim view of my suggestion.
她对我的建议持否定态度。
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The lights in the theatre dimmed as the curtain rose.
幕布升起，剧场内的灯光暗了下来。
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Her passion for dancing never dimmed over the years.
这些年来她对跳舞的热情一直不减。
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the dim outline of a house in the moonlight
月光下影影绰绰的房子的轮廓
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a dim room/street
昏暗的房间 / 街道
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the dim glow of the fire in the grate
壁炉里微弱的火光
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This light is too dim to read by.
这光线太暗，看不了书。
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It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.
20 世纪 60 年代的社会激进主义似乎只是一个模糊的记忆。
The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.
和平解决的希望非常渺茫。
Dim the lighting – it is unpleasant to lie with a bright light shining in your eyes...
把灯光调暗一些——躺着时眼前灯光太强很不舒服。
The houselights dimmed.
观众席的灯暗了下来。
Dim your lights behind that car.
开到那辆车后面时将前灯调为近光。
Their economic prospects have dimmed...
他们的经济前景变得很暗淡。
Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.
48 年的婚姻生活并没消磨掉比尔和海伦之间的激情。
Her eyes dimmed with sorrow...
悲痛之下，她泪眼蒙眬。
The twinkle in his eyes was dimmed by tears.
他眼中闪烁的光芒被泪水模糊了。
Their memory of what happened has dimmed...
他们对所发生事情的记忆变得模糊了。
The intervening years had dimmed his memory.
经过了其间那么多年他的记忆已经不大清楚了。
She stood waiting, in the dim light...
她站在昏暗的光线下等待。
Below decks, the lights were dim.
船舱里灯光昏暗。
The room was dim and cool and quiet.
房间里阴暗、清冷，静悄悄的。
Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.
皮特的火把映出了鲍勃和张的模糊身影。
真题例句
If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you're just underlining his faults.
出自-2010年6月阅读原文Most people believe that reading in dim light causes poor eyesight, but that is untrue.
出自-2011年6月听力原文A CFL cannot be simply installed in an incandescent fixture and then expected to produce a visual appearance that is more than washed out, foggy, and dim.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Her best hope in Germany was a government job—prospects for woman in the private sector were dim.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文Why did Larry dim the lights and turn up the sound system before people entered the hall?
出自-2013年12月听力原文Just before people began entering the hall, Larry dimmed the lights and turned up the sound system, which was playing soft music, hoping to create a warm personal atmosphere for the speech.
出自-2013年12月听力原文英英释义
1. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam
2. become or make darker;
"The screen darkend"
"He darkened the colors by adding brown"
3. become dim or lusterless;
"the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"
4. make dim or lusterless;
"Time had dimmed the silver"
5. make dim by comparison or conceal
6. become vague or indistinct;
"The distinction between the two theories blurred"
1. lacking in light; not bright or harsh;
"a dim light beside the bed"
"subdued lights and soft music"
2. lacking clarity or distinctness;
"a dim figure in the distance"
"only a faint recollection"
"shadowy figures in the gloom"
"saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"
"a few wispy memories of childhood"
3. made dim or less bright;
"the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"
"dimmed headlights"
"we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"
4. offering little or no hope;
"the future looked black"
"prospects were bleak"
"Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge
"took a dim view of things"
5. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;
"so dense he never understands anything I say to him"
"never met anyone quite so dim"
"although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray
"dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"
"he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
"worked with the slow students"
同义词辨析
dark, dim, black, gloomy, obscure, vague, grey
这些形容词都含有"完全地或不完全地缺少光亮"之意。