0 to draw pictures for a book, magazine, etc. -- 給（書籍、雜誌等）畫插圖
a beautifully illustrated book/old manuscript 配有精美插圖的書／舊手稿
1 to show the meaning or truth of something more clearly, especially by giving examples -- （尤指用例子）說明，闡明
The lecturer illustrated his point with a diagram on the blackboard. 講師在黑板上用圖表來說明自己的觀點。
This latest conflict further illustrates the weakness of the UN. 最近的這次衝突進一步說明了聯合國的軟弱。
[ + question word ] The exhibition will illustrate how life evolved from water. 這次展覽將展示生命是如何從水中演化而來的。
It is sometimes easier to illustrate an abstract concept by analogy with something concrete.
The incident graphically illustrates just how dangerous the situation in the war zone has become.
She illustrated her point by carrying out a simple experiment.
What follows is our selection of factors for each linguistic factor group; each is illustrated with an example.
Example 5 also illustrates another feature of this economy.
Example 5 illustrates the possibility that certain privatization policies will lead to endogenous oscillations that may or may not die out asymptotically.
