单词 | delineated |
释义 | delineated (once / 6261 pages) adj Delineated describes something that has been clearly portrayed or accurately represented. Read a love letter in which your admirer’s feelings are delineated, and you don’t have any doubt how the author feels about you. The word delineated can describe something — like a diagram or map — that was literally drawn clearly. More often, you will hear the word in relation to something less tangible — like how a character in a novel is delineated, or depicted, by an author, or a politician who gave a speech in which her position was delineated, or defined. You might try to remember the word delineated by thinking of it as something with clearly defined lines. WORD FAMILYdelineated: undelineated+/delineate: delineated, delineates, delineating, delineation, delineative/delineation: delineations USAGE EXAMPLESBut the report added: "Issues remained with the accuracy of the way stories were delineated and signalled to audiences." BBC(Nov 24, 2016) And Mr. Affleck, despite a meticulous performance, never uncovers a glimpse of his abused character’s humanity beyond Christian’s carefully delineated symptoms. New York Times(Oct 13, 2016) Just like any other bureaucracy, such groups have clearly delineated hierarchies, internal rules and divisions of responsibility. New York Times(Aug 30, 2016) adj represented accurately or precisely Syn|Ant delineate, represented depicted, pictured, portrayed represented graphically by sketch or design or lines describedrepresented in words especially with sharpness and detail diagrammatic, diagrammaticalshown or represented by diagrams undelineated not represented accurately or precisely undepicted, unpicturednot pictured undrawnnot represented in a drawing |
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