英 [ɪˈluːmɪneɪt] 美 [ɪˈluːmɪneɪt]
v. 照射，照亮；阐明，解释；使容光焕发；用彩灯装饰；用金、银等彩色图案装饰（书稿的书页或首词第一个字母）
第三人称单数illuminates
现在分词illuminating
过去式illuminated
过去分词illuminated
illuminate /ɪˈluːmɪneɪt/ CET6 TEM4 [ illuminating illuminated illuminates ]
及物动词 To illuminate something means to shine light on it and to make it brighter and more visible. 照亮
No streetlights illuminated the street.
一盏照亮街道的路灯也没有。
及物动词 If you illuminate something that is unclear or difficult to understand, you make it clearer by explaining it carefully or giving information about it. 阐明
Instead of formulas and charts, the two instructors use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.
这两位教师用游戏和图画而不是公式和图表来阐明他们的题旨。
形容词 富有启发性的
It would be illuminating to hear the views of the club vice-chairman.
听听俱乐部副主席的观点或许会有启发。
make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear
同义词： clear / clear up / shed light on / crystallize / crystallise / crystalize / crystalise / straighten out / sort out / enlighten / elucidate
add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)
启示-引用次数：6
参考来源中国事业单位养老保险制度改革研究
照明-引用次数：11
参考来源疗养院的绿色节能电气设计与探讨
照亮
照明
一个人走在被灯光照亮(Illuminate)的道路上，享受着秋风带给你的凉爽感，此刻的我真的不愿意去长大。只想做那个无忧无虑，天真活泼的的小孩子。
某高层行政中心建筑电气设计-毕业论文网 关键字：负荷计算，短路电流，照明 [gap=1764]Key words: loading calculate, short-circuit current, illuminate
... >denim [n.牛仔布] >illuminate [v.阐明，启发] A项It takes no time意为“这不花时间”，花不花时间和Linda是否愿意负责这个项目之间并没有直接的联系，因此与语境不切合。 ...
illuminate(照耀), 此释义来源于网络辞典。
illuminated 被照明的
illuminating 照亮的，照明的；启蒙的，有启发性的
illuminated 照明；启发；兴奋（illuminate的过去分词）
illuminating 照明，阐释（illuminate的现在分词形式）
Instead of formulas and charts, the two instructors use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.
这两位教师用游戏和图画而不是公式和图表来阐明他们的题旨。
Second, data can illuminate patterns of behavior we haven't yet noticed.
其次，数据可以阐明一些我们尚未注意到的行为模式。
Such explanations, however, illuminate neither the source of this curious convention nor the reason for its popularity.
然而，这样的解释既不能说明这个奇怪的惯例的来源，也不能说明它流行的原因。
On Monday we-- I presented an introduction to evolutionary psychology, the looking at psychology from an evolutionary perspective, and trying to make a case and give some examples of how it can help illuminate and illustrate certain aspects of how the mind works.
周一，我们-,我对进化心理学做了介绍，从进化论角度看心理学，试图举一个案例,用一些例子说明它如何帮助阐明,从特定方面阐明我们的大脑怎样工作。
心理学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
In my experience, such high-concept stagings rarely if ever illuminate the work in question.
WSJ: Long After the Initial Shock, Modernism Still Delivers | Sightings by Terry Teachout
Their headlamps illuminate soda-straw rock drippings from the ceiling, and rippled flowstone on the cave walls.
Not every story will speak to everyone, but viewed collectively they illuminate and connect.