illustration
illustration 英 [ˌɪləˈstreɪʃn] 美 [ˌɪləˈstreʃən]
n. 说明；插图；例证；图解
名词复数:illustrations
- When the written instructions get tough, look for an illustration — a picture — to figure out what to do. Assembling furniture? Numbered diagrams and other illustrations can help you avoid the dreaded pile of "leftover" pieces.
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- n. 说明；插图；例证；图解
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1. He dummied in an illustration.
他用仿制品作插图。
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2. The illustration shows Mr.John as prince in Hamlet.
这个插图说明约翰先生在《哈姆雷特》一剧中扮演王子这个角色。
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3. It provides yet another illustration of how the techniques and knowledge provided by physics which help us to further our understanding of the universe.
但它提供了如何通过技术和物理知识，帮助我们提供进一步的了解宇宙，另一个例证。
- illustration (n.) c. 1400, "a shining;" early 15c., "a manifestation;" mid-15c., "a spiritual illumination," from Old French illustration "apparition, appearance" (13c.) and directly from Latin illustrationem (nominative illustratio) "vivid representation" (in writing), literally "an enlightening," from past participle stem of illustrare "light up, make light, illuminate;" figuratively "make clear, disclose, explain; adorn, render distinguished," from assimilated form of in- "in" (from PIE root *en "in") + lustrare "make bright, illuminate," from suffixed form of PIE root *leuk- "light, brightness." Mental sense of "act of making clear in the mind" is from 1580s. Meaning "an illustrative picture" is from 1816.
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