| 单词 | adumbrate |
| 释义 | adumbrate verb[T] formaluk/ˈæd.əm.breɪt/us/ˈæd.əm.breɪt/to give only themainfactsand not thedetailsabout something,especiallysomething that willhappenin thefuture: （尤指对未来的事情）概括说明，勾画轮廓The project'sobjectiveswere adumbrated in thereport.报告简述了该计划的目标。 Defining & explaining
Examplesofadumbrateadumbrate Or does itadumbrateher spiritual transcendence into that universe of love, purified after emotional and physical adversity? From theCambridge English Corpus I shalladumbratebelow some of the listener's problems in identifying the pitch-class or interval sequence that forms the row. From theCambridge English Corpus It differs from studies of ideal honour as adumbrated in conduct books and exhortations (for example in the pulpit, or from father to son). From theCambridge English Corpus The conclusion rests on several presumptions, all of them adumbrated in the earlier chapters but here arrayed in support of the hypothesis. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other, it adumbrates a remedy for the troubles by which mankind as a whole must otherwise remain afflicted. From theCambridge English Corpus The two spatial reorganizations exemplified two major state-led projects of modernity adumbrating a specific course of the national development of the time. From theCambridge English Corpus The interpretation of these political divisions offered here is not new, having been briefly adumbrated in earlier publications of the author. From theCambridge English Corpus The challenges adumbrated in the course of the discussion would fall from view. From theCambridge English Corpus And while the possible bases of such constructions can only be adumbrated within the space of a short article, it is nonetheless instructive to examine some hypotheses. From theCambridge English Corpus Stavrides rehearses exhaustively, as elsewhere in the volume, the various theories adumbrated in primary and secondary sources. From theCambridge English Corpus Recent history adumbrates the current danger. From theCambridge English Corpus Happiness, moreover, is to be understood - in a way already adumbrated in 1776 but now greatly elaborated - in terms of the balance of pleasure over pain. From theCambridge English Corpus I do not want toadumbratethis point at greater length. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 And so you got the majority in 1951, and without any real constructive political policy ever having been adumbrated in advance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On the policy he has adumbrated and supported this afternoon, is that to be a minimum amount for the future? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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