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单词 enlighten
释义
enlighten
verb[IorT]
uk
/ɪnˈlaɪ.tən/us
/ɪnˈlaɪ.t̬ən/
toprovidesomeone withinformationandunderstanding, or toexplainthetruefactsabout something to someone:
启发，启迪；开导；阐明
Should thefunctionof children'stelevisionbe toentertainor to enlighten?儿童电视节目的作用应该是娱乐还是启蒙？
I don'tunderstandthis. Could you enlighten me?这个我不懂。你能给我解释一下吗？
Synonyms
edifyformal
illuminateformal
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
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(Definition ofenlightenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

enlighten| American Dictionary

enlighten
verb[I/T]
us
/ɪnˈlɑɪ·tən/
tocausesomeone tounderstandsomething byexplainingit or bybringingnewinformationorfactsto that person’sattention:
[I]The show ismeantto both enlighten andentertain.
[T]Wehopethepamphletwill enlightenvotersabout theissues.

enlightening

adjectiveus
/ɪnˈlɑɪ·tən·ɪŋ/
Thediscussionwas enlightening.
(Definition ofenlightenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofenlighten

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The parent who requests a label does not ask to be enlightened, but to test and reinforce the child's lexicon.
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It's one thing to say we are liberated, enlightened, this and that.
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Stadiums, types of plays, equipment, players and managers, properties of the field - the photos are enlightening, especially when used to illustrate difficult-to-imagine terms.
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The service has become something of a symbol for enlightened welfare intervention.
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A multiple embeddedness frame enlightens the potential rise of global networks, connecting clusters specialized in different activities in different parts of the world.
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Ironically, the inception of modernism - the very moment where man (or woman) invented himself (herself) - simultaneously launched new and more subtle "enlightened" mechanisms of control.
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Knowing where the lease came from didn't help with their daily routine, but it was enlightening and interesting to that audience anyway.
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If enlightened local authority in planning and design is to occur, it will happen when architects overcome their recalcitrance to enter the local fray.
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This view of punishment is distinct from the enlightened or scientific view that is often associated with the early nineteenth-century criminal law reformers.
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Accordingly, they extol the virtues of a monarch who, although autocratic, was also enlightened and improved the lot of his people.
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Its advocates could draw on the writings of a range of political thinkers who have all been labelled enlightened.
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Considered alone, "middle principles," casuistry, and the like morallyenlightenbut do not morally enflame.
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I have benefited from enlightening interactions with a number of colleagues.
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Since this meaning is posited as being relevant and enlightening in regard to present-day problems, the task of interpretation emerges anew again and again.
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The relationship between religious enthusiasm and enlightened philosophy, however, could be closer than is often thought.
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