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pale
peɪl peɪl
Word forms: comparative paler, superlative palest, 3rd person singular present tense pales, present participle paling, past tense , past participle paled
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

  • Migrating birds filled the pale sky.

    灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。

  • As we age, our skin becomes paler.

    随着年龄的增长，我们的皮肤愈见苍白。

  • ...a circle of pale light.

    淡淡的光晕

Pale is also a combining form.（亦可用于构词）

  • ...a pale blue sailor dress.

    浅蓝色水手服

  • 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

  • She looked pale and tired.

    她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。

  • He went deathly pale.

    他面如死灰。

SYN white, pasty, bleached, washed-out
paleness

  • ...his paleness when he realized that he was bleeding.

    他意识到自己在流血时的苍白脸色

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

  • 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。

  • ...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]

  • This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.

    这种事情真是不可接受。

  • ...beyond the pale of acceptable human behaviour.

    超出可接受的人类行为的范围

SYN unacceptable, not done, forbidden, irregular
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