一、详细释义:
adj.
暗淡的,昏暗的,阴暗的
例句:
These bright and dim dots from a picture on the fluorescent screen of the scene is being telecast
这些明亮和暗淡的点,也就是在荧光屏上形成正在播送的场景的画面。
例句:
Dim lights and soft music are supposed to produce a romantic atmosphere.
昏暗的灯光和轻柔的音乐总会产生一种浪漫的气氛。
隐约的,蒙眬的,不分明的,模糊的,依稀的,不清晰的
例句:
The courier was audible, trotting on ahead into the dim distance.
流星板马的蹄声在远处隐约可闻。
例句:
My glazed eye wandered over the dim and misty landscape.
我的迟钝的眼睛扫视着朦胧迷茫的景色。
愚笨的,迟钝的
例句:
By the time they get to school, many dim two-year-olds from good homes have overtaken bright children from bad ones.
许多家庭条件好的迟钝的两岁孩子到上学后就超过了那些家庭条件差的聪明的孩子。
灰暗的,渺茫的,不光明的
例句:
The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.
和平解决的希望非常渺茫。
例句:
But the prospect of a viable government emerging from these talks looked dim.
不过,通过谈判组建政府的前景似乎较为渺茫
v.
(使)变昏暗,变暗淡 [I,T]
例句:
When the music started, the lights dimmed.
当乐声响起时灯光转暗了。
例句:
The houselights dimmed.
观众席的灯暗了下来。
(使)变渺茫,淡化 [I,T]
例句:
Our hopes of getting any support for project dimmed.
为我们的项目寻求支持的希望变得渺茫了。
例句:
Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.
48年的婚姻生活并没消磨掉比尔和海伦之间的激情。
(使)(视力)变差,看不分明;(使)变模糊,变得不清晰 [I,T]
例句:
Their memory of what happened has dimmed.
他们对所发生事情的记忆变得模糊了。
例句:
Her eyes dimmed with sorrow.
悲痛之下,她泪眼蒙眬。
二、词义辨析:
dark,dim,black,gloomy,obscure,vague,grey
这些形容词都含有“完全地或不完全地缺少光亮”之意。dark最普通用词,指缺乏自然光线或人工照明,使某物漆黑无光或光线十分微弱。dim指光线不足或视力较差,不能清晰地看见物体。black侧重颜色是黑色的,有时也指无光的黑暗。gloomy指光线不足或部分光线受阻而出现的阴暗。obscure指因光线不充足而使物体灰暗不清,失去光泽或若隐若现。作借喻时指因复杂、深奥或含糊而难于理解。vague通常作借喻用,形容抽象事物。grey与dark意思相近,但侧重阴暗单调的意味。