illustrate

verb

1. 加插图于；给（书等）做图表
   to use pictures, photographs, diagrams, etc. in a book, etc.
   1. an illustrated textbook
      有插图的课本
   2. His lecture was illustrated with slides taken during the expedition.
      他在讲演中使用了探险时拍摄到的幻灯片。
2. （用示例、图画等）说明，解释
   to make the meaning of sth clearer by using examples, pictures, etc.
   1. To illustrate my point , let me tell you a little story.
      为了说明我的观点，让我来给你们讲个小故事。
   2. Last year's sales figures are illustrated in Figure 2.
      图2显示了去年的销售数字。
3. 表明…真实；显示…存在
   to show that sth is true or that a situation exists
   1. The incident illustrates the need for better security measures.
      这次事件说明了加强安全措施的必要。

1. VERB 表明;说明;证明
   If you say that something illustrates a situation that you are drawing attention to, you mean that it shows that the situation exists.
   1. The example of the United States illustrates this point...
      美国的例子证明了这一点。
   2. This change is neatly illustrated by what has happened to the Arab League...
      这种变化鲜明地体现在阿拉伯联盟所发生的事件上。
   3. The incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is...
      这一事件生动地证明了他们目前的地位多么岌岌可危。
   4. The case also illustrates that some women are now trying to fight back.
      这一事件也说明现在一些妇女正试图反击。
2. VERB (用例子、故事或图表)说明,阐明
   If you use an example, story, or diagram to illustrate a point, you use it show that what you are saying is true or to make your meaning clearer.
   1. Let me give another example to illustrate this difficult point...
      我再举个例子来说明这个难点。
   2. Throughout, she illustrates her analysis with excerpts from discussions.
      自始至终,她摘引讨论内容来阐明她的分析。
3. VERB 给(书)加插图(或图表)
   If you illustrate a book, you put pictures, photographs or diagrams into it.
   1. She went on to art school and is now illustrating a book...
      她后来读了艺术学校,现在正在为一本书画插图。
   2. He has illustrated the book with black-and-white photographs.
      他为那本书配了一些黑白照片插图。

1. The example of the United States illustrates this point
   美国的例子证明了这一点。
2. This change is neatly illustrated by what has happened to the Arab League
   这种变化鲜明地体现在阿拉伯联盟所发生的事件上。
3. The incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is
   这一事件生动地证明了他们目前的地位多么岌岌可危。
4. The case also illustrates that some women are now trying to fight back.
   这一事件也说明现在一些妇女正试图反击。
5. Let me give another example to illustrate this difficult point
   我再举个例子来说明这个难点。
6. Throughout, she illustrates her analysis with excerpts from discussions.
   自始至终，她摘引讨论内容来阐明她的分析。
7. She went on to art school and is now illustrating a book
   她后来读了艺术学校，现在正在为一本书画插图。
8. He has illustrated the book with black-and-white photographs.
   他为那本书配了一些黑白照片插图。
9. Let me illustrate what I mean with an old story
   让我用一个古老的故事来说明我的意思吧。
10. The following tale will clearly illustrate this point.
    接下来的故事将清楚地阐明这一点。
11. I can cite quite a few instances to illustrate.
    我可以举出好几件事来说明。
12. He quoted some old Chinese sayings to illustrate his points.
    他援用了一些中国话来解释他的论点。
13. If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer's cases.
    如果某人不善于详细查看事物，仅限于用一事物去和另一事物对比、解释的话，就让他去见识见识律师怎么办案子。
14. Here are a few examples to illustrate this principle.
    略举数例，用以说明这一原理。
15. To illustrate the procedure and to lend concreteness to the ideas expressed in this section, a specific boundary-value problem is studied.
    为了说明方法和对本节所表示的概念的具体化，将研究一个特殊的边界值问题。
16. It is sometimes easier to illustrate an abstract concept by analogy with something concrete.
    有时通过与某种具体事物的类比，更容易说明某个抽象的概念。
17. He cited another example to illustrate his point of view.
    他引用另一个例子来阐述自己的观点。
18. In this article, we'll use a sample TCAP application to illustrate this.
    在本文中，我们将使用一个样例TCAP应用程序来对此进行演示。
19. To illustrate the use of this method, we now provide an example of the use of this method.
    为了演示这种方法的使用，我们现在提供了一个使用此方法的示例。
20. This summary and review offers a baseline and an overview of scenarios that illustrate cloud security regulations and controls.
    该总结和回顾提供了场景基准和概述，阐述了云安全法规和控制。
21. The following listings illustrate the concepts in this section.
    下面的清单阐述了本节中的概念。
22. A few of many instances of such opportunities presented at the meeting illustrate this.
    这次会议上介绍了与这些机遇相关的许多实例，其中几个说明了这一点。
23. These examples illustrate an important principle in the special theory of relativity.
    这些例子阐明了特殊的相对论中的一个重要的原理。
24. It is a creation that I made to illustrate my blog in France.
    这是一个创造，我做了说明我在法国的博客。
25. The simulation and its test and check results illustrate that the system is applicable.
    仿真及其检测和复核结果表明了系统良好的应用性能。
26. An example to illustrate the convergence property and the convergence efficiency of the algorithm is given.
    给出了一个例子说明算法的收敛性和收敛效率。
27. In this paper, we illustrate probability thinking method through several inequalities proof.
    文中通过几个不等式的证明阐明了常用的概率思想方法。
28. In this chapter we describe and illustrate the nature, accounting, and analysis of debt and stock.
    在这一个章节中，我们阐述了债务、帐务并对股票及贷款及行了分析。
29. A case of chat-room system was provided to illustrate the application of this approach.
    以一个聊天室系统为例说明了该方法的应用。
30. Experimental results illustrate the effectiveness and stability of the proposed model.
    实验结果验证了所提出模型的有效性和稳定性。

  illustrate depict picture【导航词义：说明，描述】

  illustrate v. 说明，阐明

〔辨析〕指用示例、图片等将某事物的意思阐释清楚。

  depict v. 〈正式〉描绘，描写

〔辨析〕指用言语、文字、图画等来描写某人或某事。

  picture v. 描述

〔辨析〕指以某种方式描述某人或某事物，通常用被动语态。

verb

1. clarify by giving an example of

   Synonym:    exemplifyinstance

2. supply with illustrations
   1. illustrate a book with drawings

3. depict with an illustration