相形见绌 meaning in English
be inferior by [upon] comparison; appear deficient in comparison; be effaced by the presence of a superior; be pale before [besides; by the side of]; be outshone; can not hold a candle to (sb.); fail to secure a leading place; when compared with others, it looks very poor.; lose [suffer] by comparison; make ... seem pallid by comparison; overshadow; pale by [in] comparison; pale into insignificance by comparison; placed side by side with the other, this is conspicuous by its inferiority.; prove definitely inferior; take the shine out of; the one pales beside the other; the one throws the other into the shade, whenplaced alongside.; throw into comparative obscurity
Examples
- That would put penkovsky in the shade .
这将使潘科夫斯基相形见绌。 - She became conscious of an inequality .
她拥有一种相形见绌的感觉。 - Polly makes other girls look sick .
波莉使别的女子都相形见绌。 - She was extinguished by her sisters .
她的姐妹使她相形见绌。 - She made the other women look dowdy and careless .
她使其他人相形见绌，使她们显得太懒散。