英语词汇“delineate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

delineate

/dɪˈlɪnɪeɪt

verb [with object]

1Describe or portray (something) precisely: the law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent...

He describes the sociological evidence delineating the impact of fatherlessness upon children.
The Hindu religious texts describe varna ashrama dharma, the religious/social law delineating duties of four castes.
It is precisely this awareness that delineates a separation between spectator and performer as insider/outsider.

Synonyms

describe, set forth, set out, present, outline, depict, portray, represent, characterize;

map out, chart;

define, detail, specify, identify, particularize

literary limn

2Indicate the exact position of (a border or boundary): his finger found a precisely outlined section delineated in red marker...

The blue outline delineates the border of the Greenland ice sheet.
Because the two institutions stand apart, they can decide whether to recognize the legitimacy of the other but they cannot delineate each others boundaries.
This could be a fault that delineates the present-day eastern boundary of the West Siberian Basin.

Synonyms

outline, trace, draw the lines of, draw, sketch, block in, mark (out/off), delimit, mark the boundaries/limits of

Derivatives

delineator

/dɪˈlɪnɪeɪtə

/ noun ...

The chief delineator, though, is the number of coffee purchases required before getting the freebie.
The addition of these features would make the books more useful to wetland delineators.
Worth bearing in mind also that without a more strict delineator than ‘mainstream’, it's very difficult to talk accurately about the conception of divinity in the ‘Christian church’.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the sense 'trace the outline of something'): from Latin delineat- 'outlined', from the verb delineare, from de- 'out, completely' + lineare (from linea 'line').

单词	delineate
释义	delineate /dɪˈlɪnɪeɪt / verb [with object] 1Describe or portray (something) precisely: the law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent... He describes the sociological evidence delineating the impact of fatherlessness upon children. The Hindu religious texts describe varna ashrama dharma, the religious/social law delineating duties of four castes. It is precisely this awareness that delineates a separation between spectator and performer as insider/outsider. Synonyms describe, set forth, set out, present, outline, depict, portray, represent, characterize; map out, chart; define, detail, specify, identify, particularize literary limn 2Indicate the exact position of (a border or boundary): his finger found a precisely outlined section delineated in red marker... The blue outline delineates the border of the Greenland ice sheet. Because the two institutions stand apart, they can decide whether to recognize the legitimacy of the other but they cannot delineate each others boundaries. This could be a fault that delineates the present-day eastern boundary of the West Siberian Basin. Synonyms outline, trace, draw the lines of, draw, sketch, block in, mark (out/off), delimit, mark the boundaries/limits of Derivatives delineator /dɪˈlɪnɪeɪtə / noun ... The chief delineator, though, is the number of coffee purchases required before getting the freebie. The addition of these features would make the books more useful to wetland delineators. Worth bearing in mind also that without a more strict delineator than ‘mainstream’, it's very difficult to talk accurately about the conception of divinity in the ‘Christian church’. Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense 'trace the outline of something'): from Latin delineat- 'outlined', from the verb delineare, from de- 'out, completely' + lineare (from linea 'line').
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