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illustrate verb 2make sth clear using examples/pictures 用实例或图片说明ADVERB | VERB + ILLUSTRATE | PREPOSITION ADVERBamply 充分说明aptly, brilliantly, neatly, nicely, superbly (especially BrE) , well 恰当说明；精彩地阐明；很好地阐明；极好地表明◆The dire consequences of chronic underfunding are nowhere better illustrated than in the nation's schools.长期资金匮乏所造成的严重后果，在该国的中小学表现得最清楚不过了。perfectly 十分清楚地阐明effectively 有效地说明merely, simply 仅仅说明◆His question merely illustrates his ignorance of the subject.他提的问题仅仅说明了他对这个学科的无知。clearly, dramatically, graphically, powerfully, strikingly, vividly 清楚地说明；令人印象深刻地说明；生动地阐明；有力地说明brutally, starkly, tragically 残酷地表明；毫不掩饰地表明；悲剧性地说明◆The case tragically illustrates the dangers of fireworks.这个案子悲剧性地说明了烟花爆竹的危险性。VERB + ILLUSTRATEserve to 用以说明◆Two examples serve to illustrate this point.有两个例子可以说明这一点。attempt to, seek to, try to 试图说明；力图说明◆What she attempts to illustrate is the difference between her company and her competitors.她试图说明的是她的公司与竞争者之间的差别。help (to) 有助于说明◆He is showing these silent films to help illustrate his story of survival.他正在放映这些无声电影，用以更好地说明他劫后余生的过程。be enough to, suffice to 足以说明◆Two more examples will suffice to illustrate this point.再用两个例子就足以说明这一点。be chosen to, be designed to, be intended to 被选中来说明；用来说明；意在阐明PREPOSITIONby 用⋯说明◆This consequence can be illustrated by a simple example.这种后果可以用一个简单的例子来说明。to 向⋯说明◆a way of illustrating to the chairman the folly of his decision向主席表明其决定有多么愚蠢的一个方法 |