illustration

illustration
noun
  1. a picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc
    （书、报纸等的）插图
    an illustration of a yacht.
    一艘游艇的插图。
    ■an example serving to clarify or prove something
    例证
    this accident is a graphic illustration of the disaster that's waiting to happen.
    这次事故就是随时可能发生灾难的一个例证。
    ■[mass noun]the action or fact of illustrating something, either pictorially or by exemplification
    图解；说明
    by way of illustration, I refer to the following case.
    我使用图解来表示以下个案。
派生
illustrational
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the sense 'illumination; spiritual or intellectual enlightenment'): via Old French from Latin illustratio(n-), from the verb illustrare (see illustrate)
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