outlines
n. 提纲( outline的名词复数 ); 要点; 外形; 概述
v. 画[标]出…的轮廓( outline的第三人称单数 ); 概述,列提纲
If you outline an idea or a plan, you explain it in a general way.
The mayor outlined his plan to clean up the town's image...
市长概述了他整顿市容的计划。
The methods outlined in this book are only suggestions.
本书概括的一些方法仅供参考。
An outline is a general explanation or description of something.
Following is an outline of the survey findings...
以下是调查结果概要。
The proposals were given in outline by the Secretary of State.
国务卿对提议进行了简要的概述。
You say that an object is outlined when you can see its general shape because there is light behind it.
The Ritz was outlined against the lights up there...
高悬的灯光映照出里兹饭店的轮廓。
It was a beautiful sight outlined above the starry sky.
星空之上映衬出美景。
The outline of something is its general shape, especially when it cannot be clearly seen.
He could see only the hazy outline of the goalposts.
他只能看见球门柱模糊的轮廓。
Draw the basic outlines in black felt-tip pen (see fig. 4).
用黑色毡头笔画出基本轮廓(见图4)。
They agreed on the broad outlines of a wage settlement.
他们就工资解决的办法达成框架协议.
They agreed as to the grand outlines, but quibbled over particulars.
他们对重大要点表示同意, 但对细节却含糊其词.
Color fringes appear that tend to blur the outlines of images.
颜色条纹会使映像的轮廓模糊不清.
He understood Abner better from having seen merely the harsh outlines of his home.
仅仅从外面望一望这幢寒酸的房子,他陡然增加了对艾布纳的了解.