汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 相形見絀
相形見絀 (相形见绌)
to pale by comparison (idiom)
形 Control / 绌 Not enough / Compared with things of the same kind, it shows deficiencies
形对照;绌不够,不足⊥同类的事物相比较,显出不足。
xiāng/xiàng xíng () jiàn/xiàn () chù
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

她一举成功使我相形见绌

Her sudden success put me in the shade.

他与他姐姐相比总是相形见绌

He had always been overshadowed by his elder sister.

他们的演出使我们的相形见绌

Their presentation put ours to shame.

我的素描跟他的比较,顿时相形见绌

My drawing is pale by the side of his.

杰西开始在体育上使我相形见绌

Jesse has begun to outshine me in sports.

和你相比,在你的优秀气质之前我相形见绌

Compare with you, I am pale before your splendid strain.

我费了很大力气,但她的成果让我相形见绌

I tried hard but her work put mine in the shade.

伦敦最高的建筑物与纽约的摩天大厦一比就相形见绌

The tallest buildings in London are small in comparison with New York's skyscrapers.

一切美德都有一个共同的支点,那就是正直。正直可以使个人的才能相形见绌

All virtues have a common point. Honesty can make people to be inferior by comparison.

Ia型超新星如此之亮,以至于在几个星期内它的寄主星系的光芒也相形见绌

Type Ia supernovae are so luminous that they outshine their host galaxies for several weeks.