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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6519 COCA: 5388

illuminate

Word family 
il·lu·mi·nate /ɪˈluːməneɪt, ɪˈljuː- $ ɪˈluː-/ ●○○ (also illumine) verb [transitiveT]  
1  LIGHTto make a light shine on something, or to fill a place with light 照射，照亮，照明
 A single candle illuminated his face.
一支蜡烛照亮了他的脸。
 At night the canals are beautifully illuminated.
晚上运河灯火辉煌，美景毕现。
2  formalCLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTAND to make something much clearer and easier to understand 阐明，解释〔某事物〕；使易懂
 The report illuminated the difficult issues at the heart of science policy.
报告阐明了科学方针核心部分的难点。
Examples from the Corpus
illuminate• Annotated, logged and indexed, his book scarcely illuminated Belushi's demons, or the system that supposedly destroyed him.• The room was illuminated by candles.• A small path was illuminated by low orange lamps concealed in the flower beds.• Down below, he could see the single torch beam which illuminated Devlin, the girl and Gilbert.• Small lights illuminate different points on the map.• The story of Ruth illuminates for me the unbridgeable difference, rather than the similarity, between her situation and mine.• But their worry is focused like a hot, illuminating light in the right ways.• The blazing fire illuminated the china ornaments above the hearth.• Newly discovered artifacts may help illuminate the culture of the Aztecs.• There are a number of ways in which one may use the individual pinpoints of light to illuminate the territory between them.
Origin illuminate
(1400-1500) Latin past participle of illuminare, from lumen “light”
il·lu·mi·nate verb
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See also: illumination

TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6519 COCA: 5388
illuminate

verb¹

 1give light to sth照亮⋯ADVERB➤brightly, brilliantly, clearly明亮地照射；清楚地照射➤fully全面照亮◇With the room fully illuminated, the students were able to see what they were doing.房間照明充分，學生們能夠看清他們在做什麼。➤beautifully照耀得美麗◇The red glow of the sun beautifully illuminated the sky.太陽的紅色光輝把天空照耀得十分美麗。➤barely, dimly, faintly, partially, slightly, softly勉強照亮；光線微弱；光線暗淡；部份照亮；微微照亮；柔和地照射◇The room was dimly illuminated by the soft glow of the lamp.那盞燈發出柔和的光，淡淡地照着房間。◇His face was slightly illuminated from the small lamp on his desk.他書桌上那盞小台燈微微映照着他的面容。➤briefly短暫照亮▸➤instantly, suddenly瞬間／突然照亮
illuminate

verb²

 2make sth clear使⋯清楚ADVERB | VERB + ILLUMINATE ADVERB➤greatly清楚地解釋◇an incident which greatly illuminated the problems we faced極為清楚地揭示出我們所面臨問題的事件VERB + ILLUMINATE➤help (to)有助於闡明◇The study of the present also helps to illuminate the past.研究現在也有助於瞭解過去。➤serve to用於說明◇These confessions serve to illuminate his argument.這些告白用以闡明他的觀點。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6519 COCA: 5388
illuminate verb
⇨ light 2
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 6519 COCA: 5388
illuminate
To shine, glow or give off light: shine, glow, flash...
What light can do: reflect, flood, fade...
To make someone or something more attractive: decorate, adorn, enhance...
To make something easier to understand: explain, define, put across...

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