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palepeIlv [I]If a person's face pales, it loses its usual colour.变苍白，失去血色His face paled and he looked as if he might faint.他的脸变得苍白，看上去像要昏倒。If something pales in comparison with or pales beside something else, it seems less good, important or attractive when it is compared to that other thing.相形见绌It's an interesting book, but it pales in comparison with Webster's treatment of the subject.这是本有趣的书，但比起韦伯斯特对于这个议题的处理，则相形见绌。If something pales into insignificance, it seems completely unimportant when compared to something else.无足轻重Everything else that happened in my life pales into insignificance beside that one event.我生命中发生的其他每件事与那件事比起来，真是小巫见大巫。
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