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pale adjective | verb | noun
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pale / pel ; peIl /adjective
1. having a skin colour that is very white, or whiter than it usually is苍白的:
•He looked very pale and drawn.他看上去非常苍白憔悴。
turn / go pale
•He suddenly went pale.他突然脸色煞白。
•Sharon went deathly pale and looked as if she might faint.莎伦脸色变得惨白，好像要晕倒似的。
•an elderly, pale-faced woman一位脸色苍白的老太太
2. a pale colour has more white in it than usual〔颜色〕浅的，淡的;
⇒deep ; SYNlight
•pale blue curtains淡蓝色的窗帘
3. pale light is not bright〔光线〕微弱的，暗淡的:
•the pale gray dawn昏暗的黎明
4. pale imitation (of sth) something that is similar to, but not as good as, something else不如某物的类似物品:
•The cheese is a pale imitation of real Parmesan.这种干酪模仿的是帕尔梅森干酪，但比真品差远了。
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paleverb I
1. literaryif your face pales, it becomes whiter than usual because you have had a shock〔脸色〕变苍白:
•Kent's face paled when he saw that Rob had a knife.肯特看到罗布有把刀子，顿时面无血色。
2. pale into insignificance to seem much less important when compared to something bigger, worse, more serious etc相形见绌，小巫见大巫:
•The amounts of money involved pale into insignificance when compared with the sums spent each year on research.涉及的金额与每年花在研究上的费用相比就没什么了。
3. pale in / by comparison to seem small or unimportant compared to something else相比之下微不足道，相形失色:
[+ to / with ]
•Today's economic problems pale in comparison with those of the 1930s.如今的经济问题和 20 世纪 30 年代的相比是小巫见大巫。
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palenoun
1. beyond the pale offensive or unacceptable〔行为〕不可容忍的，越轨的:
•His opinions are entirely beyond the pale.他的观点让人忍无可忍。

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