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
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
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depict with an illustrationsupply with illustrations