汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 略见一斑
略见一斑 (略見一斑)
lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the panther) (idiom) / fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture
The metaphor can infer the whole from the seen part
大致地看到事物的某一部分。语出南朝宋刘义庆《世说新说.方正》"门生辈轻其小儿,乃曰'此郎亦管中窥豹,略见一斑。'"
() jiàn/xiàn bān
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

素食论的虚伪,从此可以略见一斑

The hypocrisy of vegetarianism.

有些特征可在2005年英国的议会选举中略见一斑

Its features were partly visible in the 2005 British parliamentary elections.

无需多说,ZeroMQ是一个雄心满满项目,该简介对于完整的特性集而言只能略见一斑

Needless to say, ZeroMQ is an ambitious project, and this short introduction only scratches the surface of the full feature set.