illumination

illumination
noun
  1. [mass noun]lighting or light
    照明;光亮
    higher levels of illumination are needed for reading.
    阅读时需要更高的照明度。
    ■(illuminations)lights used in decorating a building or other structure
    灯饰,灯彩
    ■(figurative)spiritual or intellectual enlightenment
    (喻)(精神、智力上的)启迪,启发
    ■(figurative)clarification
    (喻)澄清,阐明,解释
    these books form the most sustained analysis and illumination of the subject.
    这些书构成了对这一主题最持久的分析和解释。
    ■the art of illuminating a manuscript
    (书稿的)画饰术,彩饰术
    ■[count noun]an illuminated design in a manuscript
    (书稿的)画饰,彩饰
语源
  1. Middle English: via Old French from late Latin illuminatio(n-), from the verb illuminare (see illuminate)
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