英英释义
illustration [ ,ilə'streiʃən ]
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n.
- artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
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showing by example
同义词： exemplification
- an item of information that is representative of a type
- a visual representation (a picture or diagram) that is used make some subject more pleasing or easier to understand
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
illustration /ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən/ CET4 TEM4
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N-COUNT An illustration is an example or a story that is used to make a point clear. 实例
例：An illustration of China's dynamism is that a new company is formed in Shanghai every 11 seconds.
说明中国活力的一个实例便是在上海每11秒钟就有一家新公司成立。
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N-COUNT An illustration in a book is a picture, design, or diagram. (书中的) 插图
例：She looked like a princess in a nineteenth-century illustration.
她看上去像19世纪插图里的公主。
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3.
→ see also illustrate
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Let me, by way of illustration , quote from one of her poems.
作为说明，让我援引她的一首诗。
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She looked like a princess in a nineteenth-century illustration.
她看上去像19世纪插图里的公主。
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The illustration shows a cluster of five roses coloured apricot orange.
插图上展示了一簇杏黄色的5朵玫瑰。
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In another famous illustration, "The Army of the Potomac - A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty."
VOA: special.2010.07.25
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Another illustration of the difficulty of translating all values, in this case, a certain idea of virtue, into utilitarian terms.
这个例子再次说明,很难把所有的价值，此处特指某种德行，转换为功利主义形式。
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Irving Fisher then told that story as an illustration of how poorly the understanding was of what was going on.
欧文？费雪之后讲述了这个故事，以此,来阐述人们对发生的事情,了解得到底有多少。
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