illumination
illumination 英 [ɪˌlu:mɪˈneɪʃn] 美 [ɪˌluməˈneʃən]
n. 照明；[光] 照度；启发；灯饰（需用复数）；阐明
名词复数:illuminations
- Illumination is light. Kids up past their bedtimes have been known to read entire books under their covers using only the illumination from a flashlight.
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- n. 照明；[光] 照度；启发；灯饰（需用复数）；阐明
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1. I found great illumination in his remark.
我从他的话中得到很大的启发。
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2. About half of those homes use kerosene lamps for illumination, while most of the rest still use candles.
大约有一半的家庭靠煤油灯做照明，而剩下大部分家庭用蜡烛做照明工具。
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3. Producing millions of gallons of oil each year, the industry was widely seen as unassailable, with advocates scoffing at would-be illumination substitutes like lard oil and camphene.
每年生产数百万加仑的油，捕鲸业被广泛认为是无懈可击的，支持者甚至嘲笑那些可能的照明替代品，如猪油和莰烯。
- illumination (n.) late 14c., "spiritual enlightenment," from Late Latin illuminationem (nominative illuminatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin illuminare "to throw into light, make bright, light up;" figuratively, in rhetoric, "to set off, illustrate," from assimilated form of in- "in, into" (from PIE root *en "in") + lumen (genitive luminis) "light," from suffixed form of PIE root *leuk- "light, brightness." Meaning "action of lighting" in English is from 1560s; sense of "intellectual enlightenment" is from 1630s.
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