网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 illustrate
释义
illustrate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈɪl.ə.streɪt/us
/ˈɪl.ə.streɪt/

illustrateverb[T](DRAW PICTURES)

B2
todrawpicturesfor abook,magazine, etc.:
给（书籍、杂志等）画插图
abeautifullyillustratedbook/oldmanuscript配有精美插图的书／旧手稿
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Painting, drawing & printing
  • airbrush
  • brushstroke
  • brushwork
  • chiaroscuro
  • coloursomethingin
  • describe
  • engraving
  • etching
  • face painting
  • foreshorten
  • foreshortened
  • painting by numbersidiom
  • pentimento
  • picturize
  • re-ink
  • redraw
  • shade
  • sketch
  • stroke
  • trace
See more results »

illustrateverb[T](EXPLAIN)

C1
to show themeaningortruthof something moreclearly,especiallyby givingexamples:
（尤指用例子）说明，阐明
Thelecturerillustrated hispointwithadiagramon theblackboard.讲师在黑板上用图表来说明自己的观点。
Thislatestconflictfurtherillustrates theweaknessof the UN.最近的这次冲突进一步说明了联合国的软弱。
[+ question word]Theexhibitionwill illustratehowlifeevolvedfromwater.这次展览将展示生命是如何从水中演化而来的。
More examples
  • It is sometimeseasierto illustrate anabstractconceptbyanalogywith somethingconcrete.
  • Theincidentgraphicallyillustrates just howdangerousthesituationin thewarzonehasbecome.
  • She illustrated herpointbycarryingout asimpleexperiment.
  • Theincidentillustrates the need fortightersecurity.
  • I need avolunteertohelpme illustrate this nextconcept.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Defining & explaining
  • account (tosomeone) forsomething
  • accountability
  • adduce
  • adumbration
  • annotation
  • annotator
  • demystify
  • explicable
  • explicate
  • expound
  • lay
  • misdescribe
  • miswrite
  • nail
  • nailsomeonedown
  • non-defining
  • non-descriptive
  • outline
  • rough
  • trace
See more results »
(Definition ofillustratefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

illustrate| American Dictionary

illustrate
verb[T]
us
/ˈɪl·əˌstreɪt/
toaddpicturesto something, such as abook:
She writes children’sbooksand also illustrates them.
To illustrate is also to show themeaningortruthof something moreclearlyby givingexamples:
To illustrate herpoint, she told astoryabout how herfamilyfeltwhen theymovedhere.
(Definition ofillustratefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofillustrate

illustrate
What follows is our selection of factors for each linguistic factor group; each is illustrated with an example.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Example 5 also illustrates another feature of this economy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Example 5 illustrates the possibility that certain privatization policies will lead to endogenous oscillations that may or may not die out asymptotically.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Having membership in two cultures sometimes results in conflict, and this client aptly illustrates the bicultural0bilingual struggle.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I would not describe it as "technological," but it illustrates the virtue of including in taught courses some visions of the research frontier.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Anecdotal evidence that illustrates the confusion as to what is standard also shows up in an undergraduate's comment.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The top right panel illustrates a similar price pattern.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The case of firm 5 illustrates the latter situation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The third example, dynamic linker and loader, illustrates separation of concerns supported by generative components.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The difference is illustrated by the following example.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The example below illustrates the differences between the three type systems.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The next fragment illustrates the canonical word order in which a subordinate clause precedes the main clause.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The first page illustrates the density and intensity, the monocular vision and instantaneous or near-instantaneous time of lyric epiphany.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The author then illustrates the application of this method in its adapted form in the context of her own research.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The following fragment from a telephone conversation illustrates this kind of linguistic object, the use of which we shall examine in this ar ticle.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/illustrate##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2024/12/28 0:40:06