illuminate

illuminate

英 [ɪ'l(j)uːmɪneɪt]
　　美 [ɪ'lumɪnet]

vt. 闡明，說明；照亮；使燦爛；用燈裝飾
　　vi. 照亮

v.(動詞)illuminate的基本意思是“使明亮”“照亮”,指用亮光去照耀黑暗之處而使之明亮,引申可表示“裝飾”。illuminate還可指“說明,闡明”,即指解決難題、澄清疑問或模糊的觀念等。illuminate通常隻用作及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,常與with連用,可用於被動結構。

中文詞源：

illuminate 照明，解釋

il-,進入，使，-lum,發光，照亮，詞源同light,luminary.引申詞義解釋，說明。

例句：

1. Our interesting teacher could illuminate almost any subject we studied.
我們這位有趣的老師幾乎能解釋清楚我們所學的所有科目.

2. We illuminate the enemy plane with searchlights in order to shoot at it.
我們用探照燈照射敵機為的是向其射擊.

3. They use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.
他們用遊戲和圖畫來闡明他們的主題。

4. Intelligent guessing saves time but even wrong guesses illuminate the problem.
正確的猜測能節省時間,但即使是錯誤的猜測也能對解決問題有所啟發.

5. Tom squeezed his small body behind it in order to illuminate it for Becky's gratification.
湯姆擠到後邊,好讓貝基借著他的燈光看個夠.