1.形容词

 (光线)昏暗的，暗淡的

She stood waiting, in the dim light.她站在昏暗的光线下等待。

Below decks, the lights were dim.船舱里灯光昏暗。

拓展：dimly

    Two lamps burneddimly. 两盏灯发出微弱的光。

    He followed herinto a dimly lit kitchen.他跟着她走进光线暗淡的厨房。

 (地方)昏暗的，阴暗的

The room was dim and cool and quiet.房间里阴暗、清冷，静悄悄的。

拓展：dimness

    I squinted toadjust my eyes to the dimness.

    我眯起眼，努力适应黑暗的环境。

 (人影、物体)隐约的，蒙眬的，不分明的

Pete's torch picked out the dim figures of Bob and Chang.

皮特的火把映出了鲍勃和张的模糊身影。

拓展：dimly

    The shorelinecould be dimly seen.

    海岸线隐约可见。

 (记忆、理解)模糊的，依稀的，不清晰的

It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but adim memory.

20 世纪 60 年代的社会激进主义似乎只是一个模糊的记忆。

拓展：dimly

    Christina dimlyrecalled the procedure.

    克里斯蒂娜只依稀记得整个步骤。

    I was dimly awarethat dozens of curious people were looking at us.

    我迷迷糊糊地感觉到有数十个人在好奇地看着我们。

 (前景)灰暗的，渺茫的，不光明的

The prospects for a peaceful solution are dim.和平解决的希望非常渺茫。

2.动词

 (使)（灯光）变昏暗;(使)变暗淡

Dim the lighting – it is unpleasant to lie with a brightlight shining in your eyes.把灯光调暗一些——躺着时眼前灯光太强很不舒服。

The houselights dimmed.观众席的灯暗了下来。

将(汽车前灯)调为近光;使减光

Dim your lights behind that car.开到那辆车后面时将前灯调为近光。

 (使)(前景、希望等)变渺茫;(使)（感情等）淡化

Their economic prospects have dimmed.他们的经济前景变得很暗淡。

Forty eight years of marriage have not dimmed the passionbetween Bill and Helen.48 年的婚姻生活并没消磨掉比尔和海伦之间的激情。

 (使)(视力)变差；（使）看不分明

Her eyes dimmed with sorrow.悲痛之下，她泪眼蒙眬。

The twinkle in his eyes was dimmed by tears.他眼中闪烁的光芒被泪水模糊了。

 (使)(记忆)变模糊;(使)变得不清晰

Their memory of what happened has dimmed.

他们对所发生事情的记忆变得模糊了。

The intervening years had dimmed his memory.

经过了其间那么多年他的记忆已经不大清楚了。