| 单词 | illustration |
| 释义 | illustration (once / 150 pages) n When the written instructions get tough, look for an illustration — a picture — to figure out what to do. Assembling furniture? Numbered diagrams and other illustrations can help you avoid the dreaded pile of "leftover" pieces. An illustration can also be a helpful example that isn't visual at all. A coworker who comes to work with a terrible cold and gives it to the whole office is an illustration of what happens when a boss discourages the use of sick days. You hope that the boss isn't an illustration of management at that company! If so, maybe these workers do need a visual: an illustration that shows hand-washing techniques and other ways to avoid germs. WORD FAMILYillustration: illustrations+/illustrate: illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, illustration, illustrative, illustrator/illustrative: illustratively/illustrator: illustrators USAGE EXAMPLESMaybe it’s the illustrations, simple black-and-white line drawings of slightly pudgy people in baggy T-shirts and pants doing really simple maneuvers. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Am I able to retain any rights to the illustrations? Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Perhaps the best illustration of this tension is Pepe the Frog, the anti-Semitic cartoon mascot of “hipster Nazi” white nationalism. Slate(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand Hypo|Hyper plate a full-page illustration (usually on slick paper) fashion platea plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress representation a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something 2n artwork that helps make something clear or attractive Hypo|Hyper pictorial matter, picture illustrations used to decorate or explain a text fig, figurea diagram or picture illustrating textual material art, artwork, graphics, nontextual matter photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication 3n showing by example Syn|Hyper exemplification demo, demonstration a visual presentation showing how something works 4n an item of information that is typical of a class or group Syn|Hypo|Hyper example, instance, representative apology, excuse a poor example exceptionan instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization case in point, precedentan example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time quintessencethe most typical example or representative of a type samplea small part of something intended as representative of the whole specimenan example regarded as typical of its class coupona test sample of some substance cross sectiona sample meant to be representative of a whole population grab samplea single sample or measurement taken at a specific time or over as short a period as feasible random samplea sample grabbed at random tastinga small amount (especially of food or wine) information knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
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