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

• Objective To delineate the characteristics and regulation of liver injure caused by drugs, provide a reference with the medicine for the clinic.
  目的探讨药品引起药源性肝损害的特点和规律，为临床用药提供参考。
• 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。
• They define the organization of your page and delineate different sections of content.
  它们定义页面的组织，并划分内容的不同部分。
• When work is challenging, take a few minutes to delineate the tasks you need to do.
  当工作富有挑战性的时候，花点时间把你需要做的工作细化。
• The law and the necessary punishments delineate a bottom line for decent human interaction.
  法律和相关的惩罚措施只表达了体面的人类关系的最低要求。
• 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。
• Justification is "through faith alone," in the sense that additional customs and rituals are not necessary to delineate the boundaries of the new Christ-centered body of believers.
  称义，“唯独通过信心”，也就是说，在描绘这群以基督为中心的新的信仰全体的边界时，任何附加的习俗和礼仪都是不必要的。
• 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。
• Biography must to some extent delineate characters
  传记必须在一定程度上描绘人物。
• Cave paintings that delineate horses and hunters;
  描绘马和猎人的洞穴壁画；