illuminate

• vt. 阐明，说明；照亮；使灿烂；用灯装饰
• vi. 照亮

il-,进入，使，-lum,发光，照亮，词源同light,luminary.引申词义解释，说明。

1. make lighter or brighter;

"This lamp lightens the room a bit"

2. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear;

"Could you clarify these remarks?"

"Clear up the question of who is at fault"

3. add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

illuminate

illuminate: [16] Etymologically, illuminate is a parallel construction to enlighten. It was formed in the late Latin period from the prefix in- and lūmen ‘light’ (source of English luminous). The past participle of the resulting illumināre gave English illuminate. The medieval-sounding sense ‘illustrate manuscripts’ is actually quite recent, replacing in the 18th century the parallel formation enlumine, acquired by English in the 14th century via Old French enluminer from medieval Latin inlūmināre. Illumine [14] came via Old French illuminer. Illustrate is closely related.
=> illustrate, luminous

illuminate (v.)

c. 1500, "to light up, shine on," a back-formation from illumination, or else from Latin illuminatus, past participle of illuminare (see illumination). Earlier was enlumyen (late 14c.) "decorate written material with gold, silver, bright colors," from Old French enluminer, from Late Latin inluminare; also illumine (late 14c.). Related: Illuminated; illuminating.

Michael Yudell, a professor of public health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said that modern genetics research is operating in a paradox: on the one hand, race is understood to be a useful tool to illuminate human genetic diversity, but on the other hand, race is also understood to be a poorly defined marker of that diversity.

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Instead, some in Africa and Asia are seeing their first lightbulbs illuminated by the power of sunlight stored in batteries.

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And Brandston knows a thing or two about lighting, being the man who illuminated the Statue of Liberty.

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Michael Yudell, a professor of public health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said that modern genetics research is operating in a paradox: on the one hand, race is understood to be a useful tool to illuminate human genetic diversity, but on the othe

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Yet its report may well set back reform by obscuring the depth and breadth of the challenge that Congress asked it to illuminate.

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Her smile illuminated her entire being.

微笑使她整个人神采奕奕。

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This text illuminates the philosopher's early thinking.

这篇课文解释了这位哲学家的早期思想。

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The earth is illuminated by the sun.

太阳照亮地球。

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Floodlights illuminated the stadium.

泛光灯照亮了体育场。

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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。

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The black sky was illuminated by forked lightning.

叉状的闪电照亮了黑沉沉的天空。

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No streetlights illuminated the street...

这条街上没有照明的路灯。

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PET images illuminate the cancer cells and can see time biochemical functions.

探头称为脱氧葡萄糖,PET显像照亮了癌细胞,可以看到实时生化功能.

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It can illuminate like 15 w incandescence bulb, just connect to the telephone line.

仅仅接通电话线即可发出相当于15瓦白炽灯的光亮!

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Those who know how gastralgia is to cause to think to you can illuminate gastroscope only?

想知道胃痛是怎么引起的就只能照胃镜 吗 ?

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Went, just pat two pieces to illuminate come back?

去了, 难道只是拍两张照就回来 吗 ?

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In chapter 2, we illuminate the design scheme for satellite earth slat ion.

第2章中对卫星地球站的设计方案进行了介绍.

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With the fire in order to illuminate the darkness, have integrity, be based on the world.

有了火光,才能照亮黑暗, 有了诚信, 才能立足天下.

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Experiment results illuminate that the model is quite reasonable.

实验证明,提出的模型较为合理.

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Middle English, gerund of lightnen [ to illuminate, ].

中古英语, lightnen的动名词 [ 照亮 ].

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The two purposes would illuminate each other.

这两个目的是可以相辅相成,相得益彰的.

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Remark : Remark : Used to illuminate moist wet places such as deck and passage of ship or cabin.

说明: 适用于船舶甲板、走道等潮湿场所或舱室照明.

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You had it, as have their own Guihuo, also attempted to illuminate the others?

得了吧你, 自己过的像鬼火, 还企图照亮别人?

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Our interesting teacher could illuminate almost any subject we studied.

我们这位有趣的老师几乎能解释清楚我们所学的所有科目.

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And illuminate website of door special subject through admiring and these clients know network sale world.

而这些客户都是通过艳照门专题网站而知道网络营销世界的.

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Studies of phages have helped illuminate genetic recombination, nucleic acid replication, and protein synthesis.

对噬体的研究可帮助阐明基因的重组 、 核酸复制以及蛋白质合成.

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One tender moment's reprieve from loneliness can illuminate a life.

刹时间从孤独中的解脱可以影响一生的生活.

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Rays of weak sunshine filtered through, to illuminate a scene of terrible destruction.

微弱的阳光渗进来, 照亮了恐怖破坏的一幕.

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The chessboard designs a light surfacetable to illuminate the insects trapped in the clear amber pieces.

棋盘则会发光,这样就好像每一颗棋子都是透明昆虫琥珀了.

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Instead of formulas and charts, the instructors use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.

导师们用了游戏和画画取代了公式和图表的方式, 来阐述他们的主题.

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A simple ray of light can break into a world of darkness and illuminate it.

简单的一束光即可以让黑暗的世界亮起来.

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Respecting international speculative capital, I must illuminate the definition of speculation.

说到国际投机资本, 不能不对投机的定义做一个详细的阐释.

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