adumbrate
adumbrate 英 [ˈædəmbreɪt] 美 [ˈædəmˌbret, əˈdʌm-]
vt. 预示；画…的轮廓；遮蔽
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- To adumbrate something is to outline it. In an English essay, you could adumbrate the themes in a novel; or, in a letter to Santa, you could adumbrate all the ways you have been behaving.
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- vt. 预示；画…的轮廓；遮蔽
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1. I adumbrate that I did not like his toys .
我在暗示我不喜欢他的玩具。
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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。
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3. A lot of customers find this to be very helpful as chances are it will adumbrate the issue they are experiencing .
许多消费者认为这是非常有帮助的因为很有可能将预示问题他们正经历。
- adumbrate (v.) 1580s, "to outline, to sketch," from Latin adumbratus "sketched, shadowed in outline," also "feigned, unreal, sham, fictitious," past participle of adumbrare "cast a shadow over;" in painting, "to represent (a thing) in outline," from ad "to" (see ad-) + umbrare "to cast in shadow," from PIE root *andho- "blind; dark" (see umbrage). Meaning "to overshadow" is from 1660s in English. Related: Adumbrated; adumbrating.
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