1. 浅色的；灰白的
    If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white.

pale的翻译

    e.g. Migrating birds filled the pale sky...
           灰白的天空中满是迁徙的飞鸟。
    e.g. As we age, our skin becomes paler.
           随着年龄的增长，我们的皮肤愈见苍白。

2. （脸色）苍白的
    If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked.

    e.g. She looked pale and tired...
           她看起来脸色苍白憔悴。
    e.g. He went deathly pale.
           他面如死灰。

3. 显得逊色；相形失色
    If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it.

pale是什么意思

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. ...a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
           让其他同类剧相形见绌的肥皂剧

4. （行为举止）出格的，越轨的
    If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale.

    e.g. This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale.
           这种事情真是不可接受。
    e.g. ...beyond the pale of acceptable human behaviour.
           超出可接受的人类行为的范围