be dim
表示状态。
The room is dim.
房间很昏暗。
昏暗的;暗淡的
dimmer — comparative of dim
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
昏暗的;暗淡的
not bright or colorful
The room is dim.
房间很昏暗。
不明亮或不鲜艳的
Not bright or colorful.
模糊的;朦胧的;不清楚的
Indistinct, hazy or unclear.
表示不赞成、不利的;除用于短语 take a dim view of 外很少使用。
Disapproving, unfavorable: rarely used outside the phrase take a dim view of.
The room was so dim that I could barely see the furniture.
房间太暗了,我几乎看不到家具。
As the sun set, the sky grew dimmer and dimmer.
随着太阳下山,天空越来越暗。
The old photograph had become dimmed with age.
这张旧照片因年代久远而变得模糊不清。
表示状态。
The room is dim.
房间很昏暗。
dim 作定语修饰名词。
She turned on a dim light.
她打开了一盏昏暗的灯。
表示变化过程。
The sky became dim at dusk.
黄昏时分天空变得昏暗。
Not this
The cave is so dim that I can't see anything.
Use this
The cave is so dark that I can't see anything.
“Dim”表示光线不足但并非完全无光,在完全黑暗的环境中应用“dark”。
Not this
This light is more dim than that one.
Use this
This light is dimmer than that one.
单音节形容词“dim”的比较级应为“dimmer”,而非“more dim”。
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昏暗的光线
The room was lit only by the dim light of a candle.
房间里只有一支蜡烛的昏暗光线照亮。
模糊的记忆
I have only a dim memory of my first day at school.
我对上学第一天只有模糊的记忆。
对……持不赞成态度
The manager takes a dim view of employees who arrive late.
经理对迟到的员工持不赞成态度。
模糊的轮廓
Through the fog, we could see the dim shape of a ship.
透过雾气,我们可以看见一艘船的模糊轮廓。
暗淡的前景
With few jobs available, the town's young people face dim prospects.
由于工作机会很少,该镇的年轻人面临暗淡的前景。
对……持不赞成的态度;不赞同
The manager takes a dim view of employees who arrive late.
经理对员工迟到持不赞成的态度。
遥远的过去;很久以前
In the dim and distant past, people used to write letters by hand.
在遥远的过去,人们曾用手写信件。
傻瓜;笨蛋
He's a bit of a dim bulb when it comes to math.
他在数学方面有点笨。
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想象房间里的dimmer开关把灯光调暗,东西变得昏暗模糊;take a dim view就是脸色暗淡、不赞成。
语域:neutral 常见场景:描述光线或颜色暗淡、描述记忆、声音或轮廓模糊、表达不赞成(take a dim view of) 该词在日常英语中很常见,多用于描述光线不足或事物不清楚;在表达“不赞成”时几乎只用于 take a dim view of 这一固定短语。
这六个词都与 dim /dɪm/ 押韵:him /hɪm/、slim /slɪm/、swim /swɪm/、trim /trɪm/、grim /ɡrɪm/、limb /lɪm/(注意 limb 中的 b 不发音)。注意拼写相似的 time /taɪm/ 和 dime /daɪm/ 并不与 dim 押韵,它们发 /aɪm/。
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