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单词 to cast a pall over
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to cast a pall over (also on)
b. to cast a pall over (also on): to envelop in an atmosphere of gloom or despondency.
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1822 C. B. Southey Widow's Tale 31 Those who live, and yet are dead In sin and trespasses——o'er whom Guilt casts a pall of tenfold gloom.
1896 Catholic World Oct. 84 His sudden death on the 24th of last February cast a pall of grief over thousands of hearts.
1947 J. Kerouac Let. 26 Aug. in Sel. Lett. 1940–56 (1995) 115 I'd love to have you out here, but don't want to cast a pall on wonderful Burroughsian plans.
2002 Newsweek 25 Feb. 40/1 That hardly settled the controversy now engulfing figure skating and casting a pall over the Games.
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