adumbrated

美 [??d?m?bre?t] 　英 [?æd?m?bre?t]

• v.畫…的輪廓；暗示；預(yù)示；遮蔽
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)輕描淡寫；勾畫；畫輪廓

詞形變化

第三人稱單數(shù)：adumbrates  現(xiàn)在分詞：adumbrating  過去式：adumbrated  

英漢解釋

v.	1. 畫...的輪廓,勾畫 2. 暗示;預(yù)示 3. 遮蔽,遮暗,在...上投下陰影

英英解釋

v.	1. to give a description of something that includes general points about it, but no details

例句

He didn't flat out say that he didn't believe in evolution in his latest utterances, but certainly adumbrated that conclusion.

在他最近的言論中，他并沒有強調(diào)自己不相信進化論，但基本上可以判斷這一點。

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

這一理論在1859年達爾文的《物種起源》發(fā)表之前已經(jīng)多次被構(gòu)畫出來。