illuminate
照亮
常用释义
英音[ ɪˈluːmɪneɪt ]
美音[ ɪˈluːmɪneɪt ]
变形
第三人称单数:
illuminates
现在分词:
illuminating
过去式:
illuminated
过去分词:
illuminated
基本释义
- v. 照射，照亮；阐明，解释；使容光焕发；用彩灯装饰；用金、银等彩色图案装饰（书稿的书页或首词第一个字母）
考试频率
六级
考频：近五年出现2次
- v. 照亮; 点亮
- v. 阐明; 解释
考研
考频：近六年出现1次
- v. 照明; 解释; 启发
例句
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1·Instead of formulas and charts, the two instructors use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.这两位教师用游戏和图画而不是公式和图表来阐明他们的题旨。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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2·Second, data can illuminate patterns of behavior we haven't yet noticed.其次，数据可以阐明一些我们尚未注意到的行为模式。
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3·Such explanations, however, illuminate neither the source of this curious convention nor the reason for its popularity.然而，这样的解释既不能说明这个奇怪的惯例的来源，也不能说明它流行的原因。
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4·Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.然而它发布的报告很可能会阻碍改革的步伐，因为国会要求它阐明挑战的深度和广度，而这一点却并没有被阐述清楚。
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5·The light source must therefore be immensely brighter if it is to be used as a headlight to illuminate the path, than if it is to be used as a signal to others.与用作被人识别的信号相比，如果用作照亮路途的头灯的话，光源必须要明亮很多。
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6·Thanks to fibre optics, it is now possible to illuminate many of the body's remotest organs and darkest orifices.多亏有了光纤，如今才能够照见人体中许多最微小的器官和最暗的腔体。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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7·Tom squeezed his small body behind it in order to illuminate it for Becky's gratification.汤姆把他瘦小的身子挤到后面，好让贝基看个够。
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8·Illuminate the future of knowledge, learning achievement future.知识照亮前程，学习成就未来。
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9·He hopes the contrasts will illuminate how network structure shapes genomic function.他希望通过对比能够明了网络构造形成基因组功能的过程。
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10·My mother knew exactly how long her Ever Readys would last if used only to illuminate the hap that separated the toilet paper from its.我母亲清楚知道，她那些永备牌电池，如果光是用来照明区分卫生纸和其功能的空隙，可以维持多久。
同根词
词根：
illuminate
illuminated
adj
被照明的
illuminating
adj
照亮的，照明的；启蒙的，有启发性的
illuminated
v
照明；启发；兴奋（illuminate的过去分词）
illuminating
v
照明，阐释（illuminate的现在分词形式）
词语辨析
illuminate/light/lighten.导航词义：照亮
illuminate:v. 照亮，照明.指照亮某物或使某处充满光亮。
The light illuminates the street.
灯光照亮了大街。
At night the whole building was beautifully illuminated by moonlight.
晚上整栋大厦被月光映照得美轮美奂。
light:v. 照亮.指照亮某个地方，通常用被动语态。
The kitchen was poorly lit.
厨房光线暗淡。
His room was brightly lit.
他的房间灯火通明。
lighten:v. （使）明亮，（使）变亮.指变得比原来明亮，或使某物变得更加明亮。
The bonfire lightened the sky.
篝火照亮了天空。
As the sky lightened, we had to set out.
天色渐亮，我们得出发了。