overshadow
verb [often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they overshadow | |
| he / she / it overshadows | |
| past simple overshadowed | |
| past participle overshadowed | |
| -ing form overshadowing |
- overshadow somebody/something
to make somebody/something seem less important, or successful 使显得逊色；使黯然失色 He had always been overshadowed by his elder sister. 他与他姐姐相比总是相形见绌。 Domestic policy was soon overshadowed by political unrest abroad. 国内政策很快被国外的政治动荡所掩盖。
- overshadow something
to make an event less pleasant than it should be 使扫兴；使蒙上阴影 - overshadow something
to throw a shadow over something 掩盖；遮蔽
Word OriginOld English ofersceadwian (see over-, shadow).