基本释义
- adj.
- 浅色的; 苍白的; 暗淡的
- v.
- 显得逊色
实用例句
a pale complexion
白皙的面容
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pale with fear
害怕得脸色苍白
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to go/turn pale
变得苍白
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You look pale. Are you OK?
你气色不好，没事吧？
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The ordeal left her looking pale and drawn .
这场磨难使她看来苍白而又憔悴。
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pale blue eyes
淡蓝色的眼睛
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a paler shade of green
淡绿的色调
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a pale sky
天色昏暗
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the cold pale light of dawn
破晓时分的鱼白寒光
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Mark stared palely (= with a pale face) at his plate.
马克面色苍白，呆呆地望着盘子。
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She (= her face) paled visibly at the sight of the police car.
她一看见警车，脸色就刷地变白了。
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The blue of the sky paled to a light grey.
天空的蓝色渐变成了浅灰色。
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Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.
去年的骚乱与最近这次暴乱相比，可说是小巫见大巫。
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His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.
他的话显然过分了。
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Migrating birds filled the pale sky...
灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。
As we age, our skin becomes paler.
随着年龄的增长，我们的皮肤愈见苍白。
She looked pale and tired...
她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。
He went deathly pale.
他面如死灰。
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。
...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧
This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
这种事情真是不可接受。
...beyond the pale of acceptable human behaviour.
超出可接受的人类行为的范围
Astronomers tacitly assume that stars of the same luminosity and color all have the same mass.
天文学家心照不宣地默认,光度和颜色都相同的恒星具有相同的质量.
辞典例句
真题例句
But that potential pales beside the never-ending demand for crop-based fuels.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Asian women prefer to avoid the sun, because being pale or white is considered beautiful, whereas a tanned complexion is considered much more beautiful and sexy in the West.
2019年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section CHe looked very pale, but he didn't cry.
2016年高考英语全国卷3 完形填空 原文英英释义
1. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
1. turn pale, as if in fear
1. very light colored; highly diluted with white;
"pale seagreen"
"pale blue eyes"
2. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
"the pale light of a half moon"
"a pale sun"
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"
"a pallid sky"
"the pale (or wan) stars"
"the wan light of dawn"
3. lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness;
"a pale rendition of the aria"
"pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"
"a pallid performance"
4. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress;
"the pallid face of the invalid"
"her wan face suddenly flushed"
5. not full or rich;
"high, pale, pure and lovely song"