-
ADJ-GRADED
(光線)昏暗的，暗淡的
Dim light is not bright.
例句
She stood waiting, in the dim light...
她站在昏暗的光線下等待。
Below decks, the lights were dim.
船艙里燈光昏暗。
-
ADJ-GRADED
(地方)昏暗的，陰暗的
A dim place is rather dark because there is not much light in it.
例句
The room was dim and cool and quiet.
房間里陰暗、清冷，靜悄悄的。
-
ADJ-GRADED
(人影、物體)隱約的，蒙眬的，不分明的
A dim figure or object is not very easy to see, either because it is in shadow or darkness, or because it is far away.
例句
Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.
皮特的火把映出了鮑勃和張的模糊身影。
-
ADJ-GRADED
(記憶、理解)模糊的，依稀的，不清晰的
If you have a dim memory or understanding of something, it is difficult to remember or is unclear in your mind.
例句
It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.
20 世紀 60 年代的社會激進主義似乎只是一個模糊的記憶。
-
ADJ-GRADED
(前景)灰暗的，渺茫的，不光明的
If the future of something is dim, you have no reason to feel hopeful or positive about it.
例句
The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.
和平解決的希望非常渺茫。
-
ADJ-GRADED
(人)愚笨的，遲鈍的
If you describe someone as dim, you think that they are stupid.
-
V-ERG
(使)（燈光）變昏暗;(使)變暗淡
If you dim a light or if it dims, it becomes less bright.
例句
Dim the lighting – it is unpleasant to lie with a bright light shining in your eyes...
把燈光調暗一些——躺著時眼前燈光太強很不舒服。
The houselights dimmed.
觀眾席的燈暗了下來。
-
VERB
將(汽車前燈)調為近光;使減光
If you are driving a car and dim the headlights, you operate a switch that makes them shine downwards, so that they do not shine directly into the eyes of other drivers.
例句
Dim your lights behind that car.
開到那輛車后面時將前燈調為近光。
-
V-ERG
(使)(前景、希望等)變渺茫;(使)（感情等）淡化
If your future, hopes, or emotions dim or if something dims them, they become less good or less strong.
例句
Their economic prospects have dimmed...
他們的經濟前景變得很暗淡。
Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passion between Bill and Helen.
48 年的婚姻生活并沒消磨掉比爾和海倫之間的激情。
-
V-ERG
(使)(視力)變差；（使）看不分明
If your eyes dim or are dimmed by something, they become weaker or unable to see clearly.
例句
Her eyes dimmed with sorrow...
悲痛之下，她淚眼蒙眬。
The twinkle in his eyes was dimmed by tears.
他眼中閃爍的光芒被淚水模糊了。
-
V-ERG
(使)(記憶)變模糊;(使)變得不清晰
If your memories dim or if something dims them, they become less clear in your mind.
例句
Their memory of what happened has dimmed...
他們對所發生事情的記憶變得模糊了。
The intervening years had dimmed his memory.
經過了其間那么多年他的記憶已經不大清楚了。