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    adumbrate

    • IPA[ˈadʌmbreɪt]

    英式

    • v.
      represent in outline；indicate faintly

    • verb: adumbrate, 3rd person present: adumbrates, gerund or present participle: adumbrating, past tense: adumbrated, past participle: adumbrated

    • 釋義

    動詞

    • 1. represent in outline Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state
    • ▪ indicate faintly the walls were only adumbrated by the meagre light
    • 2. foreshadow (a future event) tenors solemnly adumbrate the fate of the convicted sinner
    • 3. overshadow her happy reminiscences were adumbrated by consciousness of something else