| 词汇 | adumbrating |
| 释义 | adumbrating present participle ofadumbrate adumbrate verb[ T ] formaluk /ˈæd.əm.breɪt/ us /ˈæd.əm.breɪt/ to give only the main facts and not the details about something, especially something that will happen in the future: （尤指对未来的事情）概括说明，勾画轮廓 The project's objectives were adumbrated in the report.报告简述了该计划的目标。 Defining & explaining account (to someone) for something accountability adumbrate adumbration annotation annotator belabour demythologize excuse extenuate indefinably indescribably inexpressibly justificatory lay something out outline sketch spell walk through something what is he, are they, etc. like?idiom Related wordadumbration Examples of adumbratingadumbrating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The two spatial reorganizations exemplified two major state-led projects of modernity adumbrating a specific course of the national development of the time. It seems to me he is adumbrating a very dangerous doctrine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A disposal that appeared to conflict with the broad principle that he is adumbrating could not be challenged in the courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has accused some of my noble fiends of adumbrating an outdated strategic doctrine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This document is, obviously, adumbrating the idea of the reduction of benefits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not putting forward or adumbrating any particular doctrine. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He stressed the limited scope of the scheme which he was adumbrating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One could perhaps say that that is not so dissimilar from the circumstances that he is adumbrating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there any evidence of the sort of shortages that he has been adumbrating flowing from the continuance of price control? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot help wondering whether, with his great fairness, he might have reached a different conclusion from the one which he seemed to be adumbrating, had he read the report. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he adumbrating that this afternoon? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot understand how, if the amendment had been successfully carried yesterday, that would have been consistent with the granting of a constituency vote, which he is now apparently adumbrating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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