1 ADJ-GRADED 浅色的;灰白的 If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white. 浅色的;灰白的
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Migrating birds filled the pale sky.
灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。
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As we age, our skin becomes paler.
随着年龄的增长,我们的皮肤愈见苍白。
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...a circle of pale light.
淡淡的光晕
Pale is also a combining form.
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...a pale blue sailor dress.
浅蓝色水手服
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In the background, dressed in pale green, stood Eunice.
尤妮斯穿着浅绿色的衣服站在后面不起眼的地方。
2 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] (脸色)苍白的 If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked. (脸色)苍白的
SYN white, pasty, bleached, washed-out
3 VERB 显得逊色;相形失色 If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it. 显得逊色;相形失色
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When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison. [VERB]
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。
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...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance. [VERB prep.]
让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧
4 PHRASE (行为举止)出格的,越轨的 If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale. (行为举止)出格的,越轨的 [Also + of]
SYN unacceptable, not done, forbidden, irregular
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