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单词 demarcate
释义 de·mar·cate
\də̇ˈmärˌkāt, dēˈ-, ˈdē(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, -mȧˌk-, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: back-formation from demarcation
1. : to mark by bounds : determine the boundary of : delimit
 < the frontier with Yugoslavia had not yet been demarcated exactly — Collier's Year Book >
2. : to set apart clearly or distinctly as if by definite limits or boundaries : discriminate
 < the distinction between influence and imitation demarcates equally the imaginatively creative from the merely cerebrally inventive writer — Elizabeth Bowen >
Synonyms: see distinguish
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