adumbrate
/ˈædʌmbreɪt/verb
with obj.
1- formal report or represent in outline〈正式〉简介, 报告概要, 展示轮廓：
Hobhouse had already adumbrated the idea of a welfare state.
霍布豪斯已经简略地介绍了福利国家这一概念。
1.1
- indicate faintly隐约显示：
the walls were only adumbrated by the meagre light.
几面墙只是在朦胧的光线下显示出轮廓来。
1.2
- foreshadow or prefigure (a future event)预示（未来事件）：
tenors solemnly adumbrate the fate of the convicted sinner.
中音声部庄严肃穆, 预示着罪人的命运。
1.3
- overshadow遮蔽, 给…投下阴影, 使…失色：
her happy reminiscences were adumbrated by consciousness of something else.
她想起了其他的一些事, 幸福的回忆也因而失色。
派生词
adumbration
nounadumbrative
adjective词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin adumbrat- 'shaded'， from the verb adumbrare, from ad- 'to' (as an intensifier) + umbrare 'cast a shadow' （from umbra 'shade'）.