So, instead of seeing eye-popping pictures, people were left with, quite literally, a dim view of things.

这样，人们不是观看着令人惊奇的画面，而是，毫不夸张地说，一个朦胧的东西。

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Snow-capped Alpine peaks are visible as dim gray blotches near a bright concentration of lights at left—the Italian city of Torino (Turin).

图中左侧的灯火集中区是意大利托里诺市（都灵）。 附近积雪覆盖的阿尔卑斯山峰看上去就像暗灰色的斑点。

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American researchers found that mice that were exposed to a dim light at night put on 50 per cent more weight than those whose cages were left dark.

美国研究人员已经发现，与夜晚呆在黑暗笼子里的小鼠相比，笼子被暴露于昏暗光线下的小鼠增重了50%。

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The symphonious clamor was everywhere, filling the sky like the cloud of red dust that arrowed past them to the south and left the sky dim, it was the great processional of the Union armies, but of no more substance than an army of ghosts.

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Further, after a few days of testing we decided to disable the setting for environmental dimming, as that just left the screen too dim for most situations.

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