illuminate

verb

1. make lighter or brighter

e.g. This lamp lightens the room a bit

Synonym: lightillumeilluminelight up

2. make free from confusion or ambiguity
make clear

e.g. Could you clarify these remarks?
Clear up the question of who is at fault

Synonym: clearclear upshed light oncrystallizecrystallisecrystalizecrystalisestraighten outsort outenlightenelucidate

3. add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts)

1. 照亮;照明;照射
To illuminate something means to shine light on it and to make it brighter and more visible.

illuminate

e.g. No streetlights illuminated the street...
这条街上没有照明的路灯。
e.g. The black sky was illuminated by forked lightning.
叉状的闪电照亮了黑沉沉的天空。

2. 阐释;说明
If you illuminate something that is unclear or difficult to understand, you make it clearer by explaining it carefully or giving information about it.

e.g. They use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.
他们用游戏和图画来阐明他们的主题。

1. 照明：同电影一样,小说有其他文化形式无法比拟的照明(illuminate)现实的能力. 这种照明是文学干预现实的主要渠道,因为权力(power)运作的一个基本条件是可视性. 在<>一书中,福柯通过监狱建筑的可视性对改造犯人所起的作用一例,

2. 阐明,照亮：buffet 打击;餐具柜 | illuminate 阐明,照亮 | be committed to doing 致力于,献身于(=be devoted to doing)

3. 照明,照亮：ideal machine 理想机械 | illuminate 照明,照亮 | image 像