| 正面 | 2364.illustrate 英 ['ɪləstreɪt]美 ['ɪləstret]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 对于被解雇咱们汉语有“卷铺盖走人”的说法，相应地英语里就有“拿到靴子走人”的说法，可以说是异曲同工。vt. 阐明，举例说明；图解vi. 举例 例句： 1. He quoted some old Chinese sayings to illustrate his points.他援用了一些中国话来解释他的论点. illustrate 解释，阐明il-,进入，使，luster,发光，光泽。引申词义解释，阐明。 illustrateillustrate: [16] Illustrate is closely related etymologically to illuminate. It goes back to Latin illustrāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- and lustrāre ‘make bright’, which came from the same base as produced Latin lūmen (source of illuminate) and lūx ‘light’, and indeed English light. Originally it meant literally ‘throw light on’, but this eventually passed via ‘elucidate’ to, in the 17th century, ‘exemplify’ and ‘add pictures to’.More of the original sense of ‘brightness’ survives, albeit metaphorically, in illustrious [16], which comes from Latin illustris ‘shining, clear’, a back-formation from illustrāre.=> illuminate, illustrious, light, luminous, lustreillustrate (v.)1520s, "light up, shed light on;" 1610s, "educate by means of examples," back-formation from illustration, and in some cases from Latin illustratus, past participle of illustrare (see illustration). Sense of "provide pictures to explain or decorate" is 1630s. Related: Illustrated; illustrating." |