adumbrate

英 ['ædʌmbreɪt]美 ['ædəmbret]
  • vt. 预示；画…的轮廓；遮蔽
GRE

助记提示

1、ad- "to" + umbr- + -ate.
2、含义：represent (a thing) in outline, shadowed in outline, cast a shadow.

中文词源

adumbrate 概述

前缀ad-, 去，往。词根umb, 影子，伞，见umbrella, 伞。指轮廓，概述。

英文词源

adumbrate
adumbrate: see umbrage
adumbrate (v.)
"to outline, to sketch," 1580s, from Latin adumbratus "sketched, shadowed in outline," past participle of adumbrare "to represent (a thing) in outline" (see adumbration). Meaning "to overshadow" is 1660s. Related: Adumbrated; adumbrating.

双语例句

1. 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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2. Via what there is does first time forthcoming month adumbrate?
第一次来月经有什么预兆 吗 ?
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3. What does cancer have to adumbrate?
癌症有什么预兆?
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4. Whether does menstruate of the rice before menstruation adumbrate to come smoothly also classics?
月经前米有月经预兆是否也顺利来经?
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5. What can there be to adumbrate before occurrence schizophrenia, the depressed disease that how calculates?
出现精神分裂症之前会有什么预兆, 怎样算的抑郁症?
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