第三人称单数：illuminates
现在分词：illuminating
过去分词：illuminated
过去式：illuminated
illuminate
及物动词
1. A smile illuminated her face.
微笑使她容光焕发。
2. The streets were illuminated for the celebration.
街道为庆祝张灯结彩。
3. We were greatly illuminated by the discussion.
这次讨论对我们启发很大。
4. Moonlight illuminated the valley.
月光照亮了山谷。
5. The river was illuminated by the setting sun.
这条河被落日照亮。
1. 照明：同电影一样,小说有其他文化形式无法比拟的照明(illuminate)现实的能力. 这种照明是文学干预现实的主要渠道,因为权力(power)运作的一个基本条件是可视性. 在<<约束与惩罚>>一书中,福柯通过监狱建筑的可视性对改造犯人所起的作用一例,
2. 阐明,照亮：buffet 打击;餐具柜 | illuminate 阐明,照亮 | be committed to doing 致力于,献身于(=be devoted to doing)
3. 照明,照亮：ideal machine 理想机械 | illuminate 照明,照亮 | image 像
1. illuminate
1. 照亮;照明;照射
To illuminate something means to shine light on it and to make it brighter and more visible.
e.g. No streetlights illuminated the street...
这条街上没有照明的路灯。
e.g. The black sky was illuminated by forked lightning.
叉状的闪电照亮了黑沉沉的天空。
2. 阐释;说明
If you illuminate something that is unclear or difficult to understand, you make it clearer by explaining it carefully or giving information about it.
e.g. They use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.
他们用游戏和图画来阐明他们的主题。
1. Lights will illuminate the crystal wall so that the carefully cut stones sparkle, dazzle and seem to move.
2. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the full moon passes into Earth's shadow and is blocked from the sun's rays that normally illuminate it.
3. BEIJING - When the first rays of sun of 2012 illuminate China, the Chinese people will embrace a new year of hopes and expectations.
4. But when night falls and the lights begin to illuminate Shanghai's historic buildings, the strip comes to life with vibrant colors reflected in the river.
5. The park will provide guests with a lighted lotus lantern that can be used to illuminate the pebble paths on which they stroll.
6. They will illuminate the lives of people from diverse cultures that lived around the walls, as well as the interactions between Han Chinese and northern nomadic peoples.
7. British soldiers fire mortars to illuminate the oil pipeline area during a patrol on the southern outskirts of Basra.
8. For natives of this sign who are living in a union, a happy event could illuminate your joint lives.
9. For natives of the sign living in a union, a happy event could come to illuminate their joint lives.
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10. We know that Italian comedy influenced Shakespeare, so it seems right to use classic Italian Commedia to illuminate our production.
verb
1. make lighter or brighter
e.g. This lamp lightens the room a bit
Synonym: light illume illumine light up
2. make free from confusion or ambiguity
make clear
e.g. Could you clarify these remarks?
Clear up the question of who is at fault
Synonym: clear clear up shed light on crystallize crystallise crystalize crystalise straighten out sort out enlighten elucidate
3. add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)