adumbration
noun [ U or C ] formal uk/ˌæd.əmˈbreɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌæd.əmˈbreɪ.ʃən/
概括;轮廓
the act of giving the main facts and not the details about something, or something that gives these main facts
I admit that my adumbration of yesterday's meeting was scant. 我承认，我对昨天的会议所做的概括很不充分。
The "people's budget" of 1909 was an early adumbration of the British welfare state. 1909年的“人民预算”是英国福利国家的一个早期雏形。
See: adumbrate
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- She believes that religions are all adumbrations of a truth.
- His maiden speech is a mere adumbration of his next speech on the same question.
- These adumbrations on the contents of last week's Spectator are fascinating.