词典释义：
释义
v.
〈正式〉 简介，报告概要，展示轮廓
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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。
indicate faintly
隐约显示
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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。
foreshadow or prefigure (a future event)
预示（未来事件）
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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。
overshadow
遮蔽，给…投下阴影，使…失色
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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。
词源
"late 16th cent.: from Latin