overshadow
UK [ˌəʊ.və'ʃæd.əʊ] US [ˌoʊ.vɚ'ʃæd.oʊ] verb transitive often passive
■to cause someone or something to seem less important or less happy 使黯然失色；使相形见绌；使蒙上阴影•Karen has always felt overshadowed by her famous elder sister.凯伦总觉得自己与出名的姐姐相比黯然失色。 •My happiness was overshadowed by the bad news.这个坏消息给我的幸福蒙上了阴影。 ■(of a building) to be much taller than another building and therefore block the sun from it （建筑物）遮蔽，遮暗•Grand Central Station in New York is overshadowed by the PanAm building.纽约中央火车站被泛美大厦遮住了阳光。 |