今日单词 |
illustrate |
vt. 说明; 表明; 给…加插图; （用示例、图画等）说明; vi. 举例说明; |
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形近词
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frustrate |
vt. 挫败; 阻挠; 使受挫折; adj. 无益的，无效的; |
illiterate |
adj. 目不识丁的，文盲的; n. 目不识丁者; 文盲; 无知; |
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illuminate |
vt. 照亮，照明; 阐明，说明; 装饰; 使灿烂; vi. 照亮; |
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illustration |
n. 说明; 例证; 图解; 插图; |
illustrate
英[ˈɪləstreɪt] 美 [ˈɪləˌstret, ɪˈlʌsˌtret]
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vt. 说明; 表明; 给…加插图; （用示例、图画等）说明;
vi. 举例说明;
① (VERB) 表明;说明;证明
If you say that something illustrates a situation that you are drawing attention to, you mean that it shows that the situation exists.
● The example of theUnited States illustrates this point...
美国的例子证明了这一点。
② (VERB) (用例子、故事或图表)说明,阐明
If you use an example,story, or diagram to illustrate a point, you use it show that what you are saying is true or to make your meaning clearer.
● Let me give another example to illustrate this difficult point...
我再举个例子来说明这个难点。
③ (VERB) 给(书)加插图(或图表)
If you illustrate a book, you put pictures, photographs or diagrams into it.
● She went on to art school and is now illustrating a book...
她后来读了艺术学校,现在正在为一本书画插图。
形近词：
1、frustrate
英 [frʌˈstreɪt] 美[ˈfrʌstreɪt]
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vt. 挫败;阻挠; 使受挫折;
adj. 无益的，无效的;
词根:frustr犯错误+ate做，造成→frustrate挫败
① (VERB) 使灰心;使沮丧;使愤怒
If something frustrates you, it upsets or angers you because you are unable to do anything about the problems it creates.
● These questionsfrustrated me...
这些问题让我沮丧。
② (VERB) 挫败;阻挠…的成功
If someone or something frustrates a plan or attempt to do something, they prevent it from succeeding.
● The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts to gain work permits for his foreign staff.
政府故意阻挠他为自己的外籍员工申请工作许可证的努力。
2、illiterate
英 [ɪˈlɪtərət] 美[ɪˈlɪtərɪt]
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adj. 目不识丁的，文盲的;
n. 目不识丁者;文盲; 无知;
词根:il不，无+literate认字的→literate认字的→illiterate不识字的
① (ADJ) 文盲的;不会读写的
Someone who is illiterate does not know how to read or write.
● A large percentage ofthe population is illiterate.
文盲人口占有相当高的比例。
② (ADJ) (音乐、科技、经济上)知之甚少的,接近无知的
If you describe someone as musically, technologically, or economically illiterate, you mean that they do not know much about music, technology, or economics.
● Many senior managersare technologically illiterate.
许多高级经理都对技术知之甚少。
3、illuminate
英 [ɪˈlu:mɪneɪt] 美 [ɪˈluməˌnet]
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vt. 照亮，照明; 阐明，说明; 装饰; 使灿烂;
vi. 照亮;
词根：il使…成为，进入+lumin光+ate动词后缀→进入光明→illuminate使光明；照亮
① (VERB) 照亮;照明;照射
To illuminate something means to shine light on it and to make it brighter and more visible.
● No streetlightsilluminated the street...
这条街上没有照明的路灯。
② (VERB) 阐释;说明
If you illuminate something that is unclear or difficult to understand, you make it clearer byexplaining it carefully or giving information about it.
● They use games anddrawings to illuminate their subject.
他们用游戏和图画来阐明他们的主题。
4、illustration
英 [ˌɪləˈstreɪʃn] 美[ˌɪləˈstreʃən]
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n. 说明;例证; 图解; 插图;
① (N-COUNT) 例证;实例
An illustration is an example or a story which is used to make a point clear.
● ...a perfectillustration of the way Britain absorbs and adapts external influences.
英国吸收借鉴外来影响的绝好例证
② (N-COUNT) 插图;图案;图表
An illustration in a book is apicture, design, or diagram.
● She looked like aprincess in a nineteenth-century illustration.
她看起来像19世纪插图读物中的公主。
正能量语录：
有两种事应该尽量少干：一是用自己的嘴干扰别人的人生，二是靠别人的脑子思考自己的人生。