英语词汇“demarcate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To demarcate is to set or draw a boundary, like that of a country. It can also mean to separate clearly in other ways.

When you demarcate, you’re creating a boundary. Election officials who create or change boundaries between districts are demarcating. Demarcating usually starts with making lines on a map, but those lines have power in the world, as they change the size of a district, state, country, or other place. The word can be used more broadly for creating other types of separation. At work, a boss could demarcate which employees are responsible for which work, which is another kind of separation.

WORD FAMILY

demarcate: demarcated, demarcates, demarcating, demarcation+/demarcation: demarcations

USAGE EXAMPLES

The jaunts into the past are clearly demarcated from the present.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016)

Epochs demarcate time on the order of a few million years.

Nature(Dec 13, 2016)

When he arrived, the vineyard was demarcated into 80 blocks.

Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016)

1v set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something

Syn|Hyper

delimit, delimitate

circumscribe, confine, limit

restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"

2v separate clearly, as if by boundaries

Hyper

differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart

mark as different

单词	demarcate
释义	demarcate (once / 4211 pages) v To demarcate is to set or draw a boundary, like that of a country. It can also mean to separate clearly in other ways. When you demarcate, you’re creating a boundary. Election officials who create or change boundaries between districts are demarcating. Demarcating usually starts with making lines on a map, but those lines have power in the world, as they change the size of a district, state, country, or other place. The word can be used more broadly for creating other types of separation. At work, a boss could demarcate which employees are responsible for which work, which is another kind of separation. WORD FAMILY demarcate: demarcated, demarcates, demarcating, demarcation+/demarcation: demarcations USAGE EXAMPLES The jaunts into the past are clearly demarcated from the present. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) Epochs demarcate time on the order of a few million years. Nature(Dec 13, 2016) When he arrived, the vineyard was demarcated into 80 blocks. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) 1v set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something Syn\|Hyper delimit, delimitate circumscribe, confine, limit restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day" 2v separate clearly, as if by boundaries Hyper differentiate, distinguish, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart mark as different
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