用作名詞(n.)

已不再有以前的力量、影響力等 not have the strength, influence, etc. that one〔it〕 formerly had

用作動詞(v.)

很膽小 be very timid

用作名詞(n.)

Her face was in deep shadow.
她的臉部在一片很暗的陰影中。He walked along in the shadows hoping no one would recognize him.
他走在暗處,希望沒有人認出他來。She stood aghast at the black shadow in the drawing room.
她被客廳里的黑影嚇呆了。As the sun set, the shadows lengthened.
隨著太陽的下山,影子變長了。The earth's shadow sometimes falls on the moon.
地球的影子有時落在月球上面。Shadow is longer when the sun is low in the sky.
太陽很低,物體的影子就很長。The dog is his master's shadow.
這條狗跟主人形影不離。You can't spend your life chasing after shadows.
你不能一輩子追求不存在的東西。The invalid was worn to a shadow.
病人瘦得皮包骨頭。The police put a shadow on the suspected robber.
警方派探員盯住那個搶劫犯。They followed the criminal up like a shadow and arrested him at his lodging.
他們形影不離地跟蹤那個罪犯,并在他的住所抓住了他。For years he lived in the shadow of his famous mother.
他多年受母親盛名所累，難露頭角。There's not a shadow of justification for your behaviour.
你的舉動毫無道理。There is not a shadow of (a) doubt about his guilt.
關于他的罪狀毫無可疑之處。This event is a shadow.
這件事是個不祥之兆。The coming war cast a shadow over the people.
即將來臨的戰爭給人們內心投下了陰影。The shadow of this early tragedy has affected her whole life.
她年紀輕輕遭此劫難,影響了她一生。The bad news cast a shadow on our meeting.
那個壞消息給會議蒙上了一層陰影。

用作動詞(v.)

Trees shadowed the pool.
那些樹的陰影遮蔽了池塘。A grove of trees shadowed the house densely.
樹叢把這幢房子遮蔽得很密實。Our planes shadowed the enemy fighters until they left our airspace.
我們的飛機一直跟蹤著敵人的那幾架戰斗機,直至它們飛離我們的領空。

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The later part of his life was shadowed by his son's tragic death.
他兒子的死這一悲慘事件給他的晚年生活投下了陰影。He is shadowed by the police.
他被警察跟蹤。

用作名詞 (n.)

動詞+～

cast a shadow投影catch at shadows捕風捉影find the shadow發現影子live in the shadow過著默默無聞的生活make a shadowin在…里投下陰影project a shadow投影run after a shadow捕風捉影see a shadow看到影子throw a shadow on the ground在地上留下一個影子

形容詞+～

dancing shadow跳動的影子,晃動的影子deep shadow深影inky shadow黑影long shadow長長的影子

名詞+～

evening shadows暮色eye shadow眼影膏moonlight shadow月光照的影子twilight shadow暮色wood-land shadow森林的深處person's shadow人影tree's shadow樹影

介詞+～

beneath the shadow of a tree在樹陰下in deep shadow為暗影所遮掩in the shadows在暗處area of light and shadow明暗的部分under the shadow of在…附近,在…的影響(或控制)之下,有…危險的under the shadow of a tree在樹陰下without the shadow of doubt沒有絲毫懷疑

～+介詞

shadow of a shade虛幻a shadow of doubt毫無疑問shadow of evening暮色a shadow of hope一線希望the shadow of the approaching catastrophe災難即將降臨的威脅shadow of war戰爭的陰影shadow over reputation名譽上的陰影shadows under the eyes眼睛下面有黑圈

用作動詞 (v.)

～+名詞

shadow the enemy fighters跟蹤敵人的戰斗機shadow the house遮蔽房子

～+副詞

shadow bewilderingly使人迷惑地跟蹤shadow comprehensively全面地跟蹤shadow confidentially機密地跟蹤shadow convincingly令人信服地跟蹤shadow dramatically出人意料地跟蹤shadow effectively有效地跟蹤shadow immediately立即跟蹤shadow impossibly不可能跟蹤shadow instantaneously即刻跟蹤shadow necessarily必要地遮蔽shadow promptly迅速遮蔽shadow reluctantly勉強跟蹤shadow secretly秘密地跟蹤shadow universally廣泛地跟蹤shadow unnecessarily不必要地跟蹤shadow unreasonably不合理地跟蹤

～+介詞

shadow into變陰暗,變朦朧

As a shadow life is fleeting.