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单词 illustrate
释义
illustrate
(ɪləstreɪt )
Word forms: illustrates , illustrating , illustrated
1. verb
If you say that something illustrates a situation that you are drawing attention to, you mean that it shows that the situation exists.
The example of the United States illustrates this point. [VERB noun]
This change is neatly illustrated by what has happened to the Arab League. [VERB noun]
The incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is. [VERB wh]
The case also illustrates that some women are now trying to fight back. [VERB that]
Synonyms: demonstrate, show, exhibit, emphasize  
2. verb
If you use an example, story, or diagram to illustrate a point, you use it to show that what you are saying is true or to make your meaning clearer.
Let me give another example to illustrate this difficult point. [VERB noun]
Throughout, she illustrates her analysis with excerpts from discussions. [VERB noun + with]
Synonyms: explain, describe, interpret, sum up  
illustration (ɪləstrʃən ) uncountable noun
Here, by way of illustration, are some extracts from our new catalogue.
Synonyms: example, case, instance, sample  
3. verb B2
If you illustrate a book, you put pictures, photographs, or diagrams into it.
She went on to art school and is now illustrating a book. [VERB noun]
He has illustrated the book with black-and-white photographs. [VERB noun + with]
Synonyms: adorn, ornament, embellish  
illustrated adjective B2
The book is beautifully illustrated throughout.
Synonyms: pictured, decorated, illuminated, embellished  
illustration uncountable noun
...the world of children's book illustration.
Synonyms: example, case, instance, sample  
Collocations:
illustrate a point
The first and last essays of the book neatly encapsulate her use of microhistory to illustrate this point.
The Times Literary Supplement
And even though three-fourths of the class doesn't come up with anything, we end up with two or three captions that illustrate the point wonderfully.
Christianity Today
To illustrate his point, he compares gaming to drinking.
Times, Sunday Times
Other images are slipped in simply to illustrate a point.
Times, Sunday Times
To illustrate the point, he cited a recent discussion.
Times, Sunday Times
illustrate a principle
Reference should not be made to authorities which did no more than either (a) illustrate the principle or (b) restate it.
Times, Sunday Times
The following checking of dream events was undertaken to illustrate the principle of 'reverse memory'.
The Times Literary Supplement
They illustrate this principle with two unfortunately chosen examples.
The Times Literary Supplement
In the opinions, which were delivered seriatim, several cases are put which serve to illustrate the principle, and fortify the decision.
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In order to illustrate this principle, observe the skin temperature of a frozen metal bar.
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illustrate a story
But there's another way to illustrate this story.
Christianity Today
Her letters reveal that despite her intentions to illustrate the story there were 'interruptions'.
Times, Sunday Times
I'll write about the story; please don't make me illustrate the story, too.
Times, Sunday Times
We will also want you to take some pictures to illustrate the story, which we aim to print next week.
Times, Sunday Times
The narrator may be more than one person, to illustrate the story lines of various people at the same, similar or different times.
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illustrate a theme
It takes a personal story set in a certain time and place to illustrate that theme.
Times, Sunday Times
And often — as here, again — such stories are painted on a broad canvas, the better to illustrate the theme at work across a whole culture or society.
Times, Sunday Times
We're not quite sure how they'll illustrate the theme of social network and new technologies in chocolate, though.
Times, Sunday Times
So real-life stories illustrating the theme are interesting at the most basic level.
Times, Sunday Times
These places help to illustrate the themes of their respective novels.
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illustrate perfectly
It illustrates perfectly how conservationists and fishermen can share objectives.
Times, Sunday Times
It's a prejudice that, rather surprisingly, finds itself illustrated perfectly by this messy and disappointing event.
Times, Sunday Times
As a group, it illustrates perfectly a common trajectory among many artists' collections.
Times, Sunday Times
The deal illustrates perfectly the confluence of two driving forces.
Times, Sunday Times
This illustrates perfectly his profound inhumanity.
The Sun
illustrate the importance of
New questions and new technology illustrate the importance of these collections.
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This case illustrates the importance of ministers being familiar with the legal requirements for solemnizing marriages in their state.
Christianity Today
It illustrates the importance of considering health issues as a world issue.
The Sun
This case illustrates the importance of being familiar with the definition of taxable income.
Christianity Today
The book illustrates the importance of storytelling to the human spirit.
Times, Sunday Times
incident illustrates
This incident illustrates the built-in tension always close at hand.
Christianity Today
The following incident illustrates his relationship with the men he employed.
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The incident illustrates the importance of ransoming noble captives, as a means of political manipulation, increasing one's own revenues and exhausting the resources of one's foes.
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Translations:
Chinese: 表明
Japanese: 実証する
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