demarcate
verb /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪt/
/ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪt/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they demarcate | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪt/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it demarcates | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪts/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪts/ |
| past simple demarcated | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle demarcated | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪtɪd/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form demarcating | /ˈdiːmɑːkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈdiːmɑːrkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- demarcate something to mark or establish the limits of something
标出…的界线；给…划界 - Plots of land have been demarcated by barbed wire.
一块块土地都用带刺的铁丝网圈了起来。 - The police demarcated the city into eighteen geographical divisions.
警方将这个城市划分为十八个地理分区。
词源early 19th cent.: back-formation from demarcation. - Plots of land have been demarcated by barbed wire.