5ADJ [ADJ n](英国在野党的)影子内阁的 A British Member of Parliament who is a member of the shadow cabinet or who is a shadow cabinet minister belongs to the main opposition party and takes a special interest in matters which are the responsibility of a particular government minister. (英国在野党的)影子内阁的
...the shadow chancellor.
影子内阁的财政大臣
Shadow is also a noun.
Clarke swung at his shadow the accusation that he was 'a tabloid politician'.
克拉克指责影子内阁中的对手是个“八卦政客”。
6PHRASE 毫无疑问;千真万确 If you say that something is true without a shadow of a doubt or without a shadow of doubt, you are emphasizing that there is no doubt at all that it is true. 毫无疑问;千真万确 [emphasis]
It was without a shadow of a doubt the best we've played.
毫无疑问这是我们表现最出彩的一次。
7PHRASE 在…的阴影之下;在…的光环下(显得逊色) If you live in the shadow of someone or in their shadow, their achievements and abilities are so great that you are not noticed or valued. 在…的阴影之下;在…的光环下(显得逊色)
He has always lived in the shadow of his brother.
他一直活在他哥哥的影子中。
8PHRASE 大不如从前;不及当年 If you say that someone is a shadow of their former self, you mean that they are much less strong or capable than they used to be. 大不如从前;不及当年
Johnson returned to the track after his ban but was a shadow of his former self.