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illustrate

/il-uh-streyt, ih-luhs-treyt/US // ˈɪl əˌstreɪt, ɪˈlʌs treɪt //UK // (ˈɪləˌstreɪt) //

图解,图示,说明,图解说明

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    il·lus·trat·ed, il·lus·trat·ing.

    • : to furnish with drawings, pictures, or other artwork intended for explanation, elucidation, or adornment.
    • : to make clear or intelligible, as by examples or analogies; exemplify.
    • : Archaic. to enlighten.
v.无主动词 verb
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    il·lus·trat·ed, il·lus·trat·ing.

    • : to clarify one's words, writings, etc., with examples: To prevent misunderstandings, let me illustrate.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdemonstrate, exemplify
Forms: illustrated, illustrates
Synonyms
clarify澄清,厘清,阐明,澄明delineate划定,勾勒出,勾画出,划线depict描写,描绘,描绘出,描写了embody表现为,体现在,体现,体现为emphasize强调,重视,讲究,讲求epitomize标榜,标志着,象征着,标示exhibit展览,展品,展出,展现explain解释,说明,解释一下,解说expose揭发,揭露,暴露,揭穿highlight亮点,着重指出,突出强调,突出显示illuminate发光,发明,照亮,发亮interpret解释,解读,翻译,诠释lay out摆放,陈设,铺设,布置manifest彰显,体现在,体现,表现mark纪念,纪念品,纪念碑,纪念意义mirror镜子,镜像,镜面,镜鉴personify化身,体现在,拟人化,体现为point up向上指,向上指点,向上点,向上指着portray描写,描绘,刻画,描画represent代表,代表着,表示,体现在reveal揭示,揭露,显露,揭示的spotlight聚光灯,聚焦,聚光灯下,焦点问题symbolize象征,标志着,象征着,标志typify典型化,典型的,典型,典型地allegorize寓言化,寓意为,指称,寓意clear清楚,清除,清晰,清理disclose披露,公开,揭露,透露elucidate阐释,阐发,阐释一下,阐明evidence证据,证据显示,证据表明evince唤醒,唤起,唤回,唤起人们的兴趣expound阐释,阐述,阐发,阐明imitate仿效,仿造,仿制,仿照instance实例,实证,实体,实践证明picture图片,照片,画面,图画proclaim宣扬,宣称,宣布,宣告show显示,展示,显示出,表明vivify活化,生机勃勃,生命力,活力bring home带回家,带回家的,带回家去,带回家来clear up清理完毕,清理干净,清理,清除draw a picture画画,画图,画画儿,绘画emblematize标志化,标志着,象征化,象征着get across传达,传播,传递,传达信息get over过来,结束,过来人,结束了limelight焦点,亮点,焦点人物,焦点问题make clear表明,说明,说清楚,阐明make plain明确指出,明确表示,明确说明,清楚地说明ostend奥斯丁,奥斯曼,奥斯滕,奥斯滕德show and tell展示和讲述,展示和告诉,展示和讲演,展现和讲述

Examples

  • Now, that last question illustrated the potential downside of asking sensitive questions.

  • That illustrates just how much the creative development process has changed and how much can be achieved asynchronously, he added.

  • When talking about soundscapes, print articles can only do so much to illustrate the issue.

  • According to Mackinac, the example Overton often used to illustrate the window’s movement is the changed public perception of school choice.

  • Business needs to work in conjunction with government because, as the pandemic has illustrated all too clearly, when it comes to a global crisis, they depend on governments with their powers of monetary creation and taxation to bail them out.

  • This video, courtesy of BuzzFeed, helps to illustrate this phenomenon.

  • This is likely a lowball number but it has the merit to illustrate the tradeoff that raising the minimum wage requires.

  • And as the above mentioned clips illustrate, Sesame Street is really good at staying relevant.

  • His maquettes, or models, illustrate this, too, in their budding materiality.

  • As if to illustrate the rampant sexism that still exists, hackers threatened to release nude photos of her after her speech.

  • Let me illustrate: Last week, month, or year you saw a military procession pass along the streets.

  • Nothing can more clearly illustrate Napoleon's dictum, "A la guerre les hommes ne sont rien, c'est un homme qui est tout."

  • He paused, and to illustrate the imperious humor of the Scot, he waved his fingers and a red wrister at me.

  • A few notes will serve to illustrate the chief subjects for care and some important items in fitting instruments properly.

  • It is enjoined in statutes of perpetual moral obligation, that illustrate the ten precepts of the law.