6shade of meaning/opinion/feeling etcDETAILa meaning etc that is slightly different from other ones 有細微差别的含義/意見/情感等SYN nuance
There is room in the Democratic Party for many shades of opinion.
民主黨能包容各種不同觀點。
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shade of meaning/opinion/feeling etc• It represented all shades of opinion, but it was dominated by Sukarno.• In this more tolerantenvironment several newspapers representing different shades of opinion have already sprung up, especially in the urban areas.• There was in most works an allowance for shades of feeling and meaning, and for the existence of doubt.• From a sociologist's point of view, work has shades of meaning which are individual to each of us.• As a soloinstrument following a melodic line, the violin can convey every imaginableshade of feeling.• These two directions or shades of opinion are not necessarily as starkly polarised as may appear.• To teach me to perceive the shades of beauty and the shades of meaning ...
7a shadeformalLITTLE/NOT VERY very slightly 有點,略爲
a shade too big/hot/fast etc
Matt’s clothes were just a shade too big for me.
馬特的衣服我穿稍有點大。
a shade better/quicker/faster etc
The results were a shade better than we expected.
結果比我們預計的要稍好。
a shade over/under/above etc
She was a shade under five feet tall.
她身高接近五英尺。
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a shade better/quicker/faster etc• She was no feather-weight, but even the stairs only made him breathea shade faster.• As a result, our days sometimes go by a shade quicker than twenty-four hours.
8shades of somebody/somethingREMIND/MAKE somebody REMEMBERused to say that someone or something reminds you of another person or thing 某人/某物的影子〔用於表示某人或某物讓你想起另一個人或物〕
The food was horrible – shades of school dinners.
食物太糟了——讓人想起學校裏的飯菜。
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shades of somebody/something• In the low lands, miles of rice fields stretched out like handwoven carpets in different shades ofgreen.• Her favorites are a pale cocoa-colored lamb and another whose coat is different shades ofgray.• But there are actually quite a few shades ofblue.• There was in most works an allowance for shades of feeling and meaning, and for the existence of doubt.• Pondkeepers are extremely fortunate to have a vastselection of waterlilies to choose from, available in many shades of colour.• The carpets, furniture, and walls are in mutedshades oftan and green.• He's an educated, ambitious young politician from the South - shades ofBill Clinton.• Clasen combined these blondetones with deeper, warmershades ofcamel or vicuna.• Notice what shades of colour there are on the water and look at your wake as it shoots from under the board.
9put somebody/something in the shadeBETTERto be so good or impressive that other similar things or people seem much less important or interesting 使某人/某事物黯然失色
They’re planning a festival that will put all the others in the shade.
他們正在籌辦一個要令所有其他類似活動都黯然失色的節慶活動。
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put somebody/something in the shade• The generousresponse of the public to the disasterputs the government's contribution somewhat in the shade.• Even now, sugaremploys one-seventh of the work force, putting tourism in the shade.• Coca Cola's prize-winningadvertisingcampaign has put all others in the shade.• Her meagresupply of water runs out, and she puts Ishmael in the shade of a bush to die.• We put him in the shade, the doilywrapped around his little orange body except for his face.
10.have it made in the shadeAmerican EnglishAmE informalRICH to be extremely rich – used humorously 極其富有〔幽默用法〕
in the shade (of something)• Farther along, a young black haired woman in a pinkblousenursed a babyin the shade.• It was surprisingly coolin the shade.• For patron-saint days in the country the table was usually prepared out of doors, in the shade of a large tree.• So give the kidscash for a pizzadelivery, and let the grown-upsenjoy a relaxingmealin the shade.• Ferric parkedin the shade and went inside.• Only as the car approached them did Ludens think he glimpsed a figure standing in the shade under a tree.• She was standing in the shade beside his shotgun.• A quiet street and the beard stood in the shade of an apartment block doorway.
1DARKto protect something from direct light 爲…遮陽[擋光],遮蔽〔光線〕
Shading her eyes, Anita scanned the horizon.
安妮塔手搭涼棚,眺望地平線。
2 (also shade in)AVP to make part of a picture or drawing darker 給…加深顔色;畫陰影於
She shaded in the circles in the last two letters.
她把最後兩個字母的圈圈顔色塗深。
3shade into somethingphrasal verbphr v literaryMIXif one thing shades into another, it is difficult to know where one stops and another starts 漸漸與…分辨不清,逐漸變成