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N-COUNT
影子
A shadow is a dark shape on a surface that is made when something stands between a light and the surface.
例句
An oak tree cast its shadow over a tiny round pool...
一棵橡樹的影子投射在一洼圓形的小水池上。
Nothing would grow in the shadow of the grey wall...
灰墻的背陰處什么東西也長不出來。
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N-UNCOUNT
陰影;背光處;陰暗處
Shadow is darkness in a place caused by something preventing light from reaching it.
例句
Most of the lake was in shadow.
湖面的大部分都處在背陰中。
...a combination of light and shadow.
光與影的結(jié)合
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VERB
在…上投下陰影;遮蔽
If something shadows a thing or place, it covers it with a shadow.
例句
The hood shadowed her face.
風帽擋住了她的臉。
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VERB
跟蹤;尾隨;盯梢
If someone shadows you, they follow you very closely wherever you go.
例句
The supporters are being shadowed by a large and highly visible body of police.
擁護者們被大隊警察明目張膽地跟蹤。
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ADJ
(英國在野黨的)影子內(nèi)閣的
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.
例句
...the shadow chancellor.
影子內(nèi)閣的財政大臣
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PHRASE
毫無疑問;千真萬確
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.
例句
It was without a shadow of a doubt the best we've played.
毫無疑問這是我們表現(xiàn)最出彩的一次。
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PHRASE
在…的陰影之下;在…的光環(huán)下（顯得遜色)
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.
例句
He has always lived in the shadow of his brother.
他一直活在他哥哥的影子中。
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PHRASE
大不如從前;不及當年
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.
例句
Johnson returned to the track after his ban but was a shadow of his former self.
約翰遜在禁賽結(jié)束后又回到了跑道上，但已找不回當初的狀態(tài)。