pale into insignificance

UNIMPORTANTto seem much less important when compared to something bigger, worse, more serious etc 相形见绌，小巫见大巫

The amounts of money involved pale into insignificance when compared with the sums spent each year on research.

涉及的金额与每年花在研究上的费用相比就是沧海一粟。

Examples from the Corpus

pale into insignificance• This can also happen if a pain is very severe and strong such that it makes all the other symptoms pale into insignificance.• Such faults pale into insignificance against performances of such magnitude as these.• But all of this pales into insignificance compared with one major advantage.• There are still some problems, but they pale into insignificance when compared to the difficulties facing Russia.• Our difficulties pale into insignificance when compared to the problems of the homeless.• However, definitional factors pale into insignificance when compared with recent changes in household size.

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词汇	pale into insignificance
释义	pale into insignificance pale into insignificance UNIMPORTANTto seem much less important when compared to something bigger, worse, more serious etc 相形见绌，小巫见大巫 The amounts of money involved pale into insignificance when compared with the sums spent each year on research. 涉及的金额与每年花在研究上的费用相比就是沧海一粟。 Examples from the Corpus pale into insignificance• This can also happen if a pain is very severe and strong such that it makes all the other symptoms pale into insignificance.• Such faults pale into insignificance against performances of such magnitude as these.• But all of this pales into insignificance compared with one major advantage.• There are still some problems, but they pale into insignificance when compared to the difficulties facing Russia.• Our difficulties pale into insignificance when compared to the problems of the homeless.• However, definitional factors pale into insignificance when compared with recent changes in household size. → pale into insignificance at pale2(1)
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