pale

	a pale complexion 惨白的面容
	pale with fear 害怕得脸色苍白
	to go/turn pale 变得苍白
	You look pale. Are you OK? 你气色不好，没事吧？
	The ordeal left her looking pale and drawn . 这场磨难使她看来苍白而又憔悴。

2.	浅色的；淡色的light in colour; containing a lot of white

3.	暗淡的；微弱的not strong or bright

the cold pale light of dawn

破晓时分的鱼白寒光

1.	[i] ~ (at sth) 变得比平常白；变苍白to become paler than usual

	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。
	The blue of the sky paled to a light grey. 天空的蓝色渐变成了浅灰色。

IDM

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。

pale beside/next to sth|pale in/by comparison (with/to sth)|pale into insignificance

相形见绌；显得逊色to seem less important when compared with sth else

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。

IDM

His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.

他的话显然过分了。

beyond the pale

出格；出圈；越轨；令人不能容忍considered by most people to be unacceptable or unreasonable

His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.

他的话显然过分了。