adumbrate 详细解释

adumbrate

['ædʌmbreit]

v.画轮廓,预示

词形变化

形容词: adumbrative | 副词: adumbratively | 名词: adumbration | 动词过去式: adumbrated | 动词过去分词: adumbrated | 动词现在分词: adumbrating | 动词第三人称单数: adumbrates |

词义辨析

同义参见:

cloud  shade  suggest  

英英释义

动词 adumbrate:

describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of

同义词:sketch, outline

give to understand

同义词:intimate, insinuate

补充

adumbrateadumbrate英:[ˈædʌmˌbreit] 美:[ˈædəmˌbret, əˈdʌm-]v.1.画轮廓,预示

例句

1. to adumbrate the plan简略谈计划 2. to adumbrate the reform预示改革的到来 3. be in some measure adumbrated by …在某种程度上被…蒙上阴影 4. 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。 5. the walls were only adumbrated by the meagre light.几面墙只是在朦胧的光线下显示出轮廓来。 6. tenors solemnly adumbrate the fate of the convicted sinner.中音声部庄严肃穆,预示着罪人的命运。 7. her happy reminiscences were adumbrated by consciousness of something else.她想起了其他的一些事,幸福的回忆也因而失色。