illuminate

英 [ɪ'luːmɪneɪt] 美 [ɪ'luːmɪneɪt]

• vt. 照明；阐释；说明

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使明亮; 照亮

   give light to; throw light on

2. vt. 装饰

   ornament (buildings, streets, etc.) with lights for a special occasion

3. vt. 说明,阐明

   make clear

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 有专门知识的人
2. 受到特别启迪的人

v. 动词

1. 阐明，解释，说明
2. 用（彩）灯装饰；用金色装饰
3. 照亮，照射，照明
4. 进行辐射
5. 使光辉灿烂，使辉煌，使明亮
6. 装置照明
7. 启发，启蒙，使明白
8. 使容光焕发，使生气勃勃，使快活，使活跃
9. 兴奋
10. 发光，发亮

英英释义

Verb:

1. make lighter or brighter;

   "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
   

2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear;

   "Could you clarify these remarks?"
   "Clear up the question of who is at fault"
   

3. add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. plastic food
   
2. A sudden smile illuminated her face.
   突然的微笑使她容光焕发。
3. Footnotes illuminate the difficult passage of the book.
   脚注中解释了书中许多难懂的道理。
4. Our interesting teacher could illuminate almost any subject we studied.
   我们这位有趣的老师几乎能解释清楚我们所学的所有科目。
5. This article mostly illuminate the importance of brand innovation.
   本文章主要说明品牌创新的重要作用。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The lamp illuminated the room.
   灯照亮了房间。
2. A lot of electric lamps illuminated the stage.
   许多盏灯照着舞台。
3. Torches illuminated the picnic areas.
   火把照亮了野餐地。
4. The sun illuminates the sky.
   太阳照亮了天空。
5. Footnotes illuminated the difficult passages of the text.
   脚注阐明了文中难解的段落。
6. Our interesting teacher could illuminate almost any subject we studied.
   我们这位有趣的老师几乎能解释清楚我们所学的所有科目。
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7. The whole city was illuminated in celebration of National Day.
   庆祝国庆节之际,全市一片灯火辉煌。
8. The garden was illuminated by hundreds of small lamps.
   数百个小灯泡照亮了花园。
9. Some old books and manuscripts were illuminated.
   有些古书及古旧抄稿配有各种装饰。
10. We were greatly illuminated by the discussion.
    那次讨论使我们受到很大启发。

经典引文

• Striking a match, he illuminated the melancholy place.

  出自： Conan Doyle

• Philip produced an electric flashlight..to illuminate their way.

  出自： J. C. Powys

• The Waterloo victory, for which Dublin illuminated herself.

  出自： E. Bowen

• For an instant a look of pure delight illuminated that lean, sombre face.

  出自： fig.

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

illuminate for (v.+prep.)

给(某人)阐明 make clear for (sb)

illuminate with (v.+prep.)

用…阐明 make clear with (sth)

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• illuminate a difficult passage 阐明一段难懂的文字
• illuminate the picnic areas 照亮野餐地
• illuminate the room 照亮房间
• illuminate the sky 照亮天空
• illuminate the stage 照亮舞台
• illuminate a street building 用彩灯装饰街道建筑物

～+副词

• illuminate brightly 照得更亮
• illuminate brilliantly 照得灯火辉煌
• illuminate electrically 用电照明
• illuminate greatly 大受启发
• illuminate indirectly 间接启发
• illuminate partially 不完全地照亮
• illuminate poorly 光线暗淡
• illuminate singularly 大受启发

～+介词

• illuminate by〔with〕 用…照明,用…阐明
• illuminate by oil lamps 用油灯照明
• illuminate for 为…照明,给(某人)阐明

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. illuminate的基本意思是“使明亮”“照亮”,指用亮光去照耀黑暗之处而使之明亮,引申可表示“装饰”。illuminate还可指“说明,阐明”,即指解决难题、澄清疑问或模糊的观念等。
2. illuminate通常只用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,常与with连用,可用于被动结构。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

illuminate, enlighten, illumine, illustrate, light, lighten

• 这组词的共同意思是“照亮”。它们之间的区别是:illuminate指用光线照亮黑暗处,引申可指启发、阐明复杂或难懂的问题; illumine与illuminate同义,多为文学和诗歌用语; light多指照亮道路或某一处所; lighten也指使黑暗处明亮一些,常引申作诗歌用语; enlighten原指照耀,现只用于引申义指启发、开导或使人摆脱偏见、迷信等; illustrate指增加光泽,引申指美化或润色。

近反义词

【近义词】

• light 光
• brighten 使变亮
• explain 说明
• clarify 澄清
• illustrate 说明
• enlighten 启发
• show 证明
• spotlight 照明灯
• light up 点亮
• elucidate 阐明
• illume <诗>照明
• clear up 打扫
• illumine 照明
• lighten 使轻松，变得轻松...
• irradiate 照耀
• inform 通知
• unfold 展开
• expound 详细说明
• radiate 放射
• highlight 强调
• simplify 简化
• crystalize 明确
• clear 清楚的
• shed light on 照亮
• crystallise (使)结晶
• sort out 整理
• straighten out 成一直线
• crystallize （使）结晶
• crystalise 结晶