delineate

英 [dɪˈlɪnieɪt]

美 [dɪˈlɪnieɪt]

v.  (详细地)描述，描画，解释

过去分词：delineated　过去式：delineated　第三人称单数：delineates　现在分词：delineating　

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BNC.15444 / COCA.10523

牛津词典

verb

• （详细地）描述，描画，解释
  to describe, draw or explain sth in detail
  1. Our objectives need to be precisely delineated.
     我们的目标需详细解释清楚。
  2. The ship's route is clearly delineated on the map.
     这条船的航线清楚地标在地图上。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 刻画;描述;阐明
  If youdelineatesomething such as an idea or situation, you describe it or define it, often in a lot of detail.
  1. Biography must to some extent delineate characters...
     传记必须在一定程度上描绘人物。
  2. The relationship between Church and State was delineated in a formal agreement.
     教会和政府之间的关系在一份正式的协议中作了阐明。
• VERB 划出，划定(边界)
  If youdelineatea border, you say exactly where it is going to be.
  1. ...an agreement to delineate the border.
     划界协议

英英释义

verb

• describe in vivid detail
• make a mark or lines on a surface
  1. draw a line
  2. trace the outline of a figure in the sand
  Synonym:tracedrawlinedescribe
• trace the shape of
  Synonym:limnoutline
• determine the essential quality of
  Synonym:specifydefinedelimitdelimitate
• show the form or outline of
  1. The tree was clearly defined by the light
  2. The camera could define the smallest object
  Synonym:define

adj

• represented accurately or precisely
  Synonym:delineatedrepresented

双语例句

• The paper intends to delineate the role and significance of preface and postscript in the reading of ancient fictions.
  文章从阅读者的角度论述了序跋在读者欣赏古代小说中的重要作用和意义。
• Through selection, emphasis, and creation, these monitos delineate facets of experience, expressing deeper truths.
  通过挑选、突出和虚构的手段，这些画勾勒了人情事故的各个方面，并表现了更深层的真实。
• Scientists then began searching the layers of rocks that delineate mass extinctions.
  科学家们开始研究详细记录了大规模灭绝事件的岩石层。
• Delineate sb's features, character The two sides of human nature cannot be separated.
  描绘某人的面貌、性格人性的两面不能被分开。
• You have to make this readily apparent to them and clearly delineate the increased rewards they can achieve through teamwork.
  你要使团队成员明白这一明显的道理，并清楚的表明，你会对他们通过团队合作所取得的成效予以嘉奖。
• Two of the main annotations used by JPA are@ Entity and@ Id, which specify a POJO as persistent and delineate its identity key, respectively.
  JPA所使用的两个主要的注释是@Entity和@Id，这两个注释分别将一个POJO指定为持久化类，同时确定它的标识键。
• You might use namespaces to delineate packages but the namespace mechanism does not govern how a product might be organized, managed, built, or delivered.
  你可用名字空间描述软件包，但名字空间没有提供产品的组织、管理、生产和交付方式等的监管机制。
• Using nonprintable characters to delineate the objects stored in view state serves two purposes.
  使用非打印字符分割ViewState中存储的对象有两个目的。
• Asian countries are in a position to delineate the boundaries of influence for these two powers but, given their varied interests, alliances will shift depending on individual concerns.
  亚洲国家将勾勒出这两个大国的影响力范围，但考虑到各国的利益各有不同，取决于各自的具体关切，联盟的构成也将变化。
• The paper derives and analyses the algorithm of the peak in theory, and gives the processing steps to delineate abnormal areas.
  文中对峰值的算法进行了理论推导和分析，并给出了异常圈定的处理步骤。