dim

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基本釋義

adj.
昏暗的; 模糊的; 渺茫的; 遲鈍的
v.
(使)變昏暗,變模糊,變渺茫; (使)減弱,淡化

詞性變化

實用例句

I could see a dim shape in the doorway.

我模模糊糊看見門口有個人影。

牛津詞典

His eyesight is getting dim.

他的視力越來越差。

牛津詞典

dim memories

模糊的記憶

牛津詞典

She had a dim recollection of the visit.

她依稀記得那次訪問。

牛津詞典

(humorous)in the dim and distant past

在遙遠模糊的過去

牛津詞典

He's very dim.

他很遲鈍。

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Her future career prospects look dim.

她的前程看來很暗淡。

牛津詞典

[不可數(shù)名詞]It took a while for his eyes to adjust to the dimness.

過了好一陣他的眼睛才適應了這昏暗的地方。

牛津詞典

She took a dim view of my suggestion.

她對我的建議持否定態(tài)度。

牛津詞典

The lights in the theatre dimmed as the curtain rose.

幕布升起,劇場內的燈光暗了下來。

牛津詞典

Her passion for dancing never dimmed over the years.

這些年來她對跳舞的熱情一直不減。

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the dim outline of a house in the moonlight

月光下影影綽綽的房子的輪廓

牛津詞典

a dim room/street

昏暗的房間 / 街道

牛津詞典

the dim glow of the fire in the grate

壁爐里微弱的火光

牛津詞典

This light is too dim to read by.

這光線太暗,看不了書。

牛津詞典

It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.

20 世紀 60 年代的社會激進主義似乎只是一個模糊的記憶。

The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.

和平解決的希望非常渺茫。

Dim the lighting – it is unpleasant to lie with a bright light shining in your eyes...

把燈光調暗一些——躺著時眼前燈光太強很不舒服。

The houselights dimmed.

觀眾席的燈暗了下來。

Dim your lights behind that car.

開到那輛車后面時將前燈調為近光。

Their economic prospects have dimmed...

他們的經(jīng)濟前景變得很暗淡。

Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.

48 年的婚姻生活并沒消磨掉比爾和海倫之間的激情。

Her eyes dimmed with sorrow...

悲痛之下,她淚眼蒙眬。

The twinkle in his eyes was dimmed by tears.

他眼中閃爍的光芒被淚水模糊了。

Their memory of what happened has dimmed...

他們對所發(fā)生事情的記憶變得模糊了。

The intervening years had dimmed his memory.

經(jīng)過了其間那么多年他的記憶已經(jīng)不大清楚了。

She stood waiting, in the dim light...

她站在昏暗的光線下等待。

Below decks, the lights were dim.

船艙里燈光昏暗。

The room was dim and cool and quiet.

房間里陰暗、清冷,靜悄悄的。

Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.

皮特的火把映出了鮑勃和張的模糊身影。

真題例句

If you tell your dim friend that he has the potential of an Einstein, you're just underlining his faults.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

Most people believe that reading in dim light causes poor eyesight, but that is untrue.

出自-2011年6月聽力原文

A CFL cannot be simply installed in an incandescent fixture and then expected to produce a visual appearance that is more than washed out, foggy, and dim.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

Her best hope in Germany was a government job—prospects for woman in the private sector were dim.

出自-2014年6月閱讀原文

Why did Larry dim the lights and turn up the sound system before people entered the hall?

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

Just before people began entering the hall, Larry dimmed the lights and turned up the sound system, which was playing soft music, hoping to create a warm personal atmosphere for the speech.

出自-2013年12月聽力原文

英英釋義

Verb
  • 1. switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

  • 2. become or make darker;

    "The screen darkend"

    "He darkened the colors by adding brown"

  • 3. become dim or lusterless;

    "the lights dimmed and the curtain rose"

  • 4. make dim or lusterless;

    "Time had dimmed the silver"

  • 5. make dim by comparison or conceal

  • 6. become vague or indistinct;

    "The distinction between the two theories blurred"

Adjective
  • 1. lacking in light; not bright or harsh;

    "a dim light beside the bed"

    "subdued lights and soft music"

  • 2. lacking clarity or distinctness;

    "a dim figure in the distance"

    "only a faint recollection"

    "shadowy figures in the gloom"

    "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"

    "a few wispy memories of childhood"

  • 3. made dim or less bright;

    "the dimmed houselights brought a hush of anticipation"

    "dimmed headlights"

    "we like dimmed lights when we have dinner"

  • 4. offering little or no hope;

    "the future looked black"

    "prospects were bleak"

    "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge

    "took a dim view of things"

  • 5. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;

    "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"

    "never met anyone quite so dim"

    "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"- Thackeray

    "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"

    "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"

    "worked with the slow students"

同義詞辨析

dark, dim, black, gloomy, obscure, vague, grey

這些形容詞都含有"完全地或不完全地缺少光亮"之意。

  • dark: 最普通用詞,指缺乏自然光線或人工照明,使某物漆黑無光或光線十分微弱。
  • dim: 指光線不足或視力較差,不能清晰地看見物體。
  • black: 側重顏色是黑色的,有時也指無光的黑暗。
  • gloomy: 指光線不足或部分光線受阻而出現(xiàn)的陰暗。
  • obscure: 指因光線不充足而使物體灰暗不清,失去光澤或若隱若現(xiàn)。作借喻時指因復雜、深奧或含糊而難于理解。
  • vague: 通常作借喻用,形容抽象事物。
  • grey與dark意思相近,但側重陰暗單調的意味。

vague, dim, indefinite, obscure, ambiguous, faint

這些形容詞均含"不明確的,模糊的"之意。

  • vague: 多指因語言不確切,太籠統(tǒng)或因構思含糊、不完善而造成模糊難解。
  • dim: 側重指或因光線暗淡,或因年代久遠、身體欠佳等因素而產(chǎn)生視覺或察覺方面的困難。
  • indefinite: 指無明確定義或限定,重點或總體輪廓不明確。
  • obscure: 語氣最強,指晦澀難懂。
  • ambiguous: 指文章或講話中,意思可能有多種理解,令人捉摸不定。
  • faint: 指對某事物印象不深,或指聲音微弱或希望的渺茫等。

同義詞

反義詞

adj.模糊的;暗淡的;遲鈍的

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