| 单词 | illustrative |
| 释义 | illustrative (once / 2583 pages) adj A fight with your brother over who ate the most food may be illustrative of your competitive relationship with him. Something illustrative means it is a telling example of something else. Within this word, you see illustrate which means to make something clear by using pictures or examples. Something is illustrative when it paints a perfect picture of a subject. If you're trying to describe something, an illustrative example might make it easier for your audience to understand what you mean. The tidiness of your sock drawer might be illustrative of your compulsive (or messy) nature. WORD FAMILYillustrative: illustratively+/illustrate: illustrated, illustrates, illustrating, illustration, illustrative, illustrator/illustration: illustrations/illustrator: illustrators USAGE EXAMPLES“Politics can be a moral arena where people come together to find common ground,” Jackson said, before moving on to an extended and illustrative metaphor. Slate(Nov 27, 2016) Both video and still photos will serve as an illustrative backdrop to the music. Washington Post(Nov 23, 2016) Faces are no longer seamed, nor are raindrops stippled on the windowpane, cats high-tailed in a turf war, postage stamps vividly illustrative. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1adj clarifying by use of examples Syn exemplifying informative, informatory providing or conveying information 2adj serving to demonstrate Syn demonstrative informative, instructive serving to instruct or enlighten or inform |
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