illuminate: make understandable
I asked a classmate to illuminate the professor's far-ranging lecture for me.
【考法1】vt. 照明： to make luminous or shining
【例】 to illuminate with a spotlight 用聚光燈照亮
【近】 bathe, beacon, emblaze, illume, illumine, irradiate, lighten
【反】 blacken, darken, obfuscate 使黯淡，使昏暗
【考法2】vt. 闡明： to make plain or understandable
【例】 Roosevelt′s New Deal illuminates what the role of government is in Keynesian Economics. 羅 斯福新政闡明了在凱恩斯主義中政府的作用
【近】 clarify, clear, construe, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, illustrate, interpret
【反】 obscure 使費(fèi)解
【考法3】vt. 啟迪，啟發(fā)： to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
【例】 how man is illuminated by a higher spirit 人們是如何被更高境界的思想開化的
【近】 edify, educate, enlighten, inspire, nurture
【反】 confuse, perplex, puzzle 使困惑
【派】 illumination n. 照明;啟迪
I asked a classmate to illuminate the professor's far-ranging lecture for me.
【考法1】vt. 照明： to make luminous or shining
【例】 to illuminate with a spotlight 用聚光燈照亮
【近】 bathe, beacon, emblaze, illume, illumine, irradiate, lighten
【反】 blacken, darken, obfuscate 使黯淡，使昏暗
【考法2】vt. 闡明： to make plain or understandable
【例】 Roosevelt′s New Deal illuminates what the role of government is in Keynesian Economics. 羅 斯福新政闡明了在凱恩斯主義中政府的作用
【近】 clarify, clear, construe, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, illustrate, interpret
【反】 obscure 使費(fèi)解
【考法3】vt. 啟迪，啟發(fā)： to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding
【例】 how man is illuminated by a higher spirit 人們是如何被更高境界的思想開化的
【近】 edify, educate, enlighten, inspire, nurture
【反】 confuse, perplex, puzzle 使困惑
【派】 illumination n. 照明;啟迪