illustrate

illustrate /i'ləstreit/
  • ngoại động từ
    • minh hoạ, làm rõ ý (bài giảng... bằng tranh, thí dụ...)
    • in tranh ảnh (trên báo chí, sách)
      • illustrated magazine: báo ảnh
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) soi sáng, chiếu sáng, làm sáng tỏ
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) làm nổi tiếng, làm rạng danh
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Xem thêm: exemplify, instance



illustrate

Từ điển Collocation

illustrate verb

1 put pictures in sth

ADV. heavily, lavishly, richly | fully | attractively, beautifully, delightfully, handsomely, superbly

PREP. with The new edition is heavily illustrated with photographs of aircraft.

2 make sth clear using examples/pictures

ADV. amply | admirably, aptly, neatly, nicely, well The dire consequences of chronic underfunding are nowhere better illustrated than in the nation's schools. | perfectly | merely, simply His question merely illustrates his ignorance of the subject. | clearly, dramatically, graphically, strikingly, vividly | brutally, starkly, tragically The case tragically illustrates the dangers of fireworks.

VERB + ILLUSTRATE serve to Two examples serve to illustrate this point. | be chosen to, be designed to, be intended to

PREP. to a way of illustrating to the chairman the folly of his decision

Từ điển WordNet

    v.

  • clarify by giving an example of; exemplify, instance
  • depict with an illustration
  • supply with illustrations

    illustrate a book with drawings

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

illustrates|illustrated|illustrating
syn.: clarify demonstrate explain picture portray represent show