pale in comparison

基本解释

But those cases “pale in comparison from a pure quantitative perspective, ” he adds.
但他補充說，“從單純的數據角度看”，這些事例與此事件“相比都暗然失色”。
While its processor and operating system pale in comparison with the humblest smartphone today, it set the stage for later, more successful portables, from the Kaypro to the first Compaq laptop.
它的処理器及操作系統和今天哪怕是最簡單的智能手機相比較都相形見絀，但是它爲以後更成功的便攜式電腦打下了基礎，包括Kaypro和第一台康柏筆記本電腦。
Even if the recession is entirely blamed on capitalism (and it deserves a good share of the blame), the recession-induced losses pale in comparison with the great accomplishments of earlier decades.
即使將衰退的責任完全歸咎於資本主義（資本主義也確實應承擔相儅部分的指責），衰退帶來的損失與之前幾十年的巨大成就相比也顯得蒼白無力。

Though Oklahoma had the next wealthiest program in the Big 12, their numbers pale in comparison.
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The improving subscriber numbers remain pale in comparison to the recent sales of T or VZ.
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But these new subsidies pale in comparison to those Big Oil has been getting for years.
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to seem much less serious or important when compared with someone or something else