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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   adumbrate

   • IPA[ˈadəmˌbrāt]

   美式

   • v.
     report or represent in outline；indicate faintly

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

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. formal report or represent in outline they have adumbrated the importance of education as a means of social transformation
   • ▪ formal indicate faintly the walls were not more than adumbrated by the meager light
   • ▪ formal foreshadow or symbolize what qualities in Christ are adumbrated by the vine?
   • ▪ formal overshadow her happy reminiscences were adumbrated by consciousness of something else
3. • 更多解釋

   adumbrate

   • IPA[ˈadʌmbreɪt]

   英式

   • v.
     represent in outline: Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state

   Oxford Dictionary