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单词 illustrative
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Definition of illustrative in English:

illustrative

adjective ˈɪləstrətɪvɪˈlʌstrətɪv
  • 1Serving as an example or explanation.

    this timetable is provided for illustrative purposes only
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Both are interesting, and illustrative of why I won't live in that state.
    • The following is illustrative of the comments made by several participants.
    • His concluding paragraph is illustrative of his straightforward and rational approach.
    • This approach can still be seen in the work of those who use artifactual evidence as primarily illustrative of a prior and textual history.
    • The experience of a friend, a professor at a Malaysian university, is illustrative of this climate.
    • This is illustrative of the adverse impact of the anti-globalization demonstrations.
    • This is illustrative of the absence of an integrated multi-modal public transport plan.
    • The quotations presented in the findings section were selected as illustrative of these teenagers' comments on each topic.
    • Both examples are illustrative of the problems which arise because organizations, including banks, must of their nature act through human agents.
    • They're seen as too important to ditch - and that's illustrative of the way universities view their students.
    • The proposed implementation of Gigabit Ethernet is illustrative of conventional network architecture design.
    • The exhibition is also illustrative of how computer software could be used to creatively embellish digital photographs.
    • So it is not illustrative of the general problem.
    • If the show is unfocused, the individual works will merely be illustrative of a topic, rather than adding up to some sort of statement.
    • This is illustrative of the problem with a missile defense: The threat can come from elsewhere.
    • And the process is illustrative of how organized they are, what kind of things they value, how careful they are.
    • The recent Republican and Democratic party conventions were illustrative of big money's presence in the major parties.
    • Still, it doesn't hurt and it's illustrative of the problem the administration is having with its base.
    • Accordingly, we may ignore these texts and move to others that are regarded as illustrative of Jesus' egalitarian program.
    • And your view of this war is illustrative of who you really are.
    Synonyms
    exemplifying, explanatory, explaining, elucidatory, elucidative, explicative, expository, interpretative, illuminative, exegetic
    rare evincive
  • 2Relating to pictorial illustration.

    the illustrative arts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Case studies, expert spokespeople and illustrative photographs are available on request.
    • I found myself confused by non-Target imagery in 4c, photographic and illustrative.
    • Loans of photographs and other illustrative items are being sought to accompany the displays of Silsden's old industries.
    • Present day photographs are excellent too, with most approaching ‘art’ and not just illustrative.
    • His photographs are an illustrative depiction of the scene specifically shot for particular assignments.
    • The whole makes a modern illustrative art of incomparable richness, even though it lacks coherence.
    • As my background in art was more technical and illustrative, I had little understanding or awareness of how to express myself through painting and drawing.
    • We encourage you to submit supporting photos, data tables and illustrative graphics.
    • Fox does as well but she is more centre stage and her actual picture appears in various illustrative photographs on the cover and within the book.
    • These paintings of the 18th Century portray the richness and exuberance of illustrative art in those times.
    • Generously scattered throughout the book are photographs, reproductions of song sheets, maps and other illustrative matter.

Derivatives

  • illustratively

  • adverb
    • And, maybe more illustratively, if Michael's computer crashes, you restart it.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Although it might be assumed by an audience that poets in a dance piece would narrate the movement of the dancers around them illustratively, there is a less predictable interaction in this particular collaboration.
      • Therefore, Woolf is engagingly and illustratively gesticulatory.
      • As Lock recognizes, ‘Thoth's book uses the inscribed image illustratively rather than deterministically.’
      • But illustratively, if we look at motor vehicle accidents, something like about 5% of the claims that go through motor vehicle injury schemes account for something like about 50% of the total cost of those schemes.
 
 

Definition of illustrative in US English:

illustrative

adjective
  • Serving as an example or explanation.

    this timetable is provided for illustrative purposes only
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is illustrative of the problem with a missile defense: The threat can come from elsewhere.
    • Still, it doesn't hurt and it's illustrative of the problem the administration is having with its base.
    • Both examples are illustrative of the problems which arise because organizations, including banks, must of their nature act through human agents.
    • The quotations presented in the findings section were selected as illustrative of these teenagers' comments on each topic.
    • The exhibition is also illustrative of how computer software could be used to creatively embellish digital photographs.
    • The recent Republican and Democratic party conventions were illustrative of big money's presence in the major parties.
    • They're seen as too important to ditch - and that's illustrative of the way universities view their students.
    • And the process is illustrative of how organized they are, what kind of things they value, how careful they are.
    • So it is not illustrative of the general problem.
    • This is illustrative of the adverse impact of the anti-globalization demonstrations.
    • The experience of a friend, a professor at a Malaysian university, is illustrative of this climate.
    • Accordingly, we may ignore these texts and move to others that are regarded as illustrative of Jesus' egalitarian program.
    • His concluding paragraph is illustrative of his straightforward and rational approach.
    • The following is illustrative of the comments made by several participants.
    • The proposed implementation of Gigabit Ethernet is illustrative of conventional network architecture design.
    • Both are interesting, and illustrative of why I won't live in that state.
    • If the show is unfocused, the individual works will merely be illustrative of a topic, rather than adding up to some sort of statement.
    • This is illustrative of the absence of an integrated multi-modal public transport plan.
    • And your view of this war is illustrative of who you really are.
    • This approach can still be seen in the work of those who use artifactual evidence as primarily illustrative of a prior and textual history.
    Synonyms
    exemplifying, explanatory, explaining, elucidatory, elucidative, explicative, expository, interpretative, illuminative, exegetic
 
 
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