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delineation

/dih-lin-ee-ey-shuhn/US // dɪˌlɪn iˈeɪ ʃən //

划分,分界线,划定,划线

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or process of delineating.
    • : a chart or diagram; sketch; rough draft.
    • : a description.

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Examples

  • Our daily activity hinged on the repeated description — description, elaboration, and delineation — of matters that were, outside, generally subject to euphemism and elision.

  • Lifted and unlifted kids generally don’t mix, and this is just one of many sinister delineations between a new breed of haves and have-nots.

  • The real function of NFTs is to create a clear delineation between ordinary creators and consumers of online content and those privileged enough to be paid to produce content or claim to own “authentic” work.

  • Not only do we have so many other categories within media, but the delineations between all of these classifications have blurred.

  • Delineation of the current U.S. obesity epidemic has been one of the main accomplishments of the CDC over the last decade.

  • Nor are these defects compensated by any high degree of merit in the delineation of the characters.

  • Nay, as including these services and others, though as different from each of them, they give its delineation.

  • Such were among the great elegiac poets of Rome, who were generally devoted to the delineation of the passion of love.

  • The style is stilted, and there is no attempt at delineation of character.

  • After a correct delineation of the character of the deceased, he described the closing scene of his life.