adumbrate中文什么意思

vt.
1.画…的轮廓，勾画。
2.暗示；预示。
3.遮蔽，遮暗，在…上投下阴影。

例句与用法

1. The theory had been adumbrated very many times before the publication in 1859 of darwin's "the origin of species" .
   这一理论在1859年达尔文的《物种起源》发表之前已经多次被构画出来。
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。

英文释义

动词

1. give to understand; "I insinuated that I did not like his wife"
   同义词：intimate, insinuate
2. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"
   同义词：sketch, outline