adumbrate

• 表示粗略描绘、勾画轮廓或给出模糊/不完整的说明；也指预示、成为前兆。

A verb used to indicate the act of outlining, sketching, or giving a faint or partial representation of something; to foreshadow or prefigure.

1. Outline or summarizeC2formal

   To describe or outline something in a brief or general way, giving the main points.

   概述

   • The professor adumbrated the key concepts of the theory in the first lecture.
   • In his opening remarks, he adumbrated the plan for the upcoming year.
   • She adumbrated the plot of the novel without revealing the ending.

   同义词block outdelineateindicateoutlinerough outsketch

   反义词amplifydetailelaborateexpandspecify

2. Foreshadow or hintC2formal

   To suggest or indicate something indirectly; to give a hint or forewarning.

   预示或暗示

   • The early chapters adumbrate the conflict that will arise later.
   • His nervous behavior adumbrated the bad news he was about to deliver.
   • The dark clouds adumbrated the coming storm.

   同义词augurforeshadowhintindicateintimateportendprefiguresignalsuggest