She was pale with fear.

她吓得脸色发白。

His pale face has shown his bad health.

他面色苍白，说明他身体不好。

The pale eyes seemed to glare past her, the eyebrows frowned, the long jaw hardened.

那双灰白的眼睛仿佛看穿了她的身子，眉头皱着，长下巴发僵。

This pale child of the Parisian faubourgs livesdevelops, makes connections, 'grows supple' in suffering, in the presence of social realitiesof human things, a thoughtful witness.

巴黎近郊的脸色灰白的孩子，面对着令人深省的社会现实和人间事物，活着，成长着，在苦难中沉下去，浮上来。

His hair was pale and lightless.

他的头发灰暗没有光泽。

When he returned, he looked pale and weary.

当他回来的时候,他看上去脸色困乏无力。

She paled with shock at the news.

她听到那消息大惊失色。

She paled at the sight of the blood.

她一看到血就脸色苍白。

The clouds paled and pulled apart.

云层变淡,渐渐疏散。

The devastating floods of two years ago pale in comparison to last week's storms.

比起上个礼拜的的暴风雨,两年前的连绵的洪水就逊色多了。

Her problems paled into insignificance when compared with this family's tragedy.

她问题相比起这个大家庭的悲剧就微不足道了。

a pale complexion

白皙的面容

pale with fear

害怕得脸色苍白

to go'/turn pale

变得苍白

You look pale. Are you OK?

你气色不好，没事吧？

The ordeal left her looking pale and drawn .

这场磨难使她看来苍白而又憔悴。

pale blue eyes

淡蓝色的眼睛

a paler shade of green

淡绿的色调

a pale sky

天色昏暗

the cold pale light of dawn

破晓时分的鱼白寒光

Mark stared palely (= with a pale face) at his plate.

马克面色苍白，呆呆地望着盘子。

She (= her face) paled visibly at the sight of the police car.

她一看见警车，脸色就刷地变白了。

The blue of the sky paled to a light grey.

天空的蓝色渐变成了浅灰色。

Last year's riots pale in comparison with this latest outburst of violence.

去年的骚乱与最近这次暴乱相比，可说是小巫见大巫。

His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.

他的话显然过分了。

Migrating birds filled the pale sky...

灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。

As we age, our skin becomes paler.

随着年龄的增长，我们的皮肤愈见苍白。

She looked pale and tired...

她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。

He went deathly pale.

他面如死灰。

When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison.

你爱的人得了致命疾病时，其他一切事情都显得不那么重要了。

...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.

让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧

This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.

这种事情真是不可接受。

...beyond the pale of acceptable human behaviour.

超出可接受的人类行为的范围

Astronomers tacitly assume that stars of the same luminosity and color all have the same mass.

天文学家心照不宣地默认,光度和颜色都相同的恒星具有相同的质量.

用作定语～+ n.

1. She has a pale face.
   她脸色苍白。
2. She looks very pretty in a pale blue.
   她穿着浅蓝色的衣服,看起来很漂亮。
3. In the pale moon, you look so beautiful.
   在朦胧的月光下,你看起来这么美。
4. We walked at a quick pace in the pale moon.
   我们在淡淡的月光下迅速地走着。
5. He is a pale copy of his brother.
   他比他的兄弟逊色。

用作表语S+be+～

1. You look awfully pale. Are you all right?
   你面色很苍白,身体怎么了?
2. When the murderer killed his parents, the boy's face turned pale.
   当谋杀者杀害孩子的父母时,小男孩吓得面无人色。
3. He remained calm before danger, his face not turning pale, his heart not bounding.
   在危险面前他保持镇静,脸不变色心不跳。
4. At the news of the plane crash, she turned pale.
   一听到飞机失事的消息,她顿时面无血色。
5. He turned deadly pale.
   他面如土色。

S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

1. The old man was pale with anger.
   那位老人气得脸都发白了。
2. My drawing is pale by the side of his.
   我的素描跟他的比较,顿时相形见绌。

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. He paled at the sight of the blood.
   他一看见血就脸色发白。
2. She paled with shock at the news.
   她听到那消息大惊失色。

pale beside (v.+prep.)

与…相比相形见绌 seem less important, clever, beautiful, when compared with sb/sth
pale beside sth

All other anxieties paled beside the possibility of war.

与可能要战争相比,所有其他忧虑都显得微不足道了。

～+名词

• pale%20blue">pale blue淡蓝色
• pale%20complexion">pale complexion苍白的脸色
• pale%20face">pale face苍白的脸
• pale%20light">pale light暗淡的光
• pale%20light%20of%20dawn">pale light of dawn晨曦的微光
• pale%20moon">pale moon朦胧的月光
• pale%20sky">pale sky灰蒙蒙的天空
• pale%20sunshine">pale sunshine暗淡的阳光

副词+～

• pale">awfully pale非常苍白的
• pale">deathly pale如死人一般苍白的

～+介词

• pale%20before">pale before在…前相形见绌
• pale%20beside">pale beside在…前相形见绌
• pale%20by%20side%20of">pale by side of在…前相形见绌
• pale%20with%20anger">pale with anger气得脸色发白
• pale%20with%20fear">pale with fear吓得脸色发白
• pale%20with%20fright">pale with fright吓得面无人色
• pale%20with%20rage">pale with rage气得面色苍白
• pale%20with%20shock">pale with shock震惊得脸色发白

～+介词

• pale%20before">pale before与…相比相形见绌
• pale%20beside">pale beside与…相比相形见绌

• The churchyard pales are black against the night.

  出自：Stevie Smith

• She was pale now with emotion and anxiety.

  出自：D. H. Lawrence

• All these influences paled before a new star..which..immediately dominated her life.

  出自：L. Strachey

• He had paled with excitement.

  出自：B. Chatwin

adj.(形容词)

1. pale的基本意思是“苍白的,灰白的”,指人时形容面容缺乏健康或自然的气色,指物时表示色彩暗淡,缺乏光泽。
2. pale还可形容缺少色彩的鲜明和浓度,近似于白色。引申则指缺乏体现事物特点所必需的属性,有时含有“缺乏活力”的意味。
3. pale在句中可用作定语或表语。

v.(动词)

1. pale用作动词时意思是“变苍白”,指人的脸色因受到惊吓或听到不好的消息而变苍白。pale也可指失去正常颜色而变得暗淡。
2. pale常与介词before, beside连用,表示“与…相比相形见绌”。

adj.(形容词)

手术后,她的脸色有些苍白。

误 She was a little white colour after the operation.

正 She was a little pale after the operation.

析 white colour(白色)指人的皮肤或物体所呈现出的颜色,而指(脸)没有血色时须用pale表示。

• ☆ 14世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的paile，意为苍白的；最初源自拉丁语的pallidus，意为苍白的。