adumbrate

美 [ˈædəmbreɪt]英 [ˈædəmbreɪt]
  • vt.概述;概括说明;勾画轮廓

过去式: adumbrated 现在分词: adumbrating 过去分词: adumbrated 第三人称单数: adumbrates

adumbrateadumbrate

verb

VN概述;概括说明;勾画轮廓
to give a general idea or description of sth without details

outline

verb

1
give to understand
I insinuated that I did not like his wife
Synonym: intimate insinuate
2
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
sketch the outline of the book
outline his ideas
Synonym: sketch outline

数据来源:WordNet

  1. What symptom is the early days of cancer adumbrates ?

    癌症的前期预兆是什么症状

  2. The recent development adumbrate a world-wide revolution in computer technology .

    最新事态的发展预示着一场全球性的计算机技术革命。

  3. This book shows us the adumbrate of the future .

    这本书向我们展示了对未来的勾画。

  4. Agricultural and food price indices adumbrate a slight deceleration in consumer price inflation ;

    农产品和粮食价格指数预示消费者价格通胀增速略有放缓;

  5. Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state .

    霍布豪斯已经简略地介绍了福利国家这一概念。

  6. The theory had been adumbrated very many times before the publication in 1859 of Darwin 's The Origin of Species .

    这一理论在1859年达尔文的《物种起源》发表之前已经多次被构画出来。

  7. I have switched from soft brush to harder and adumbrated the edges of cloud lightened up by sun .

    之后我换成硬刷来勾勒云被阳光照亮的边缘。

  8. The one in1945 signified the end of pre-war social atomisation and adumbrated the birth of the welfare state ;

    比如1945年的大选标志着战前社会分离的结束,同时预示着福利国家的诞生;

  9. We can adumbrated in them our attitudes toward religion , toward the arts and toward education more clearly than we can by looking at ourselves .

    在他们身上,我们可以看到我们对宗教、艺术和教育的态度的投影,比直接看我们自己更清楚些。