Enlighten
[ɪn'laɪt(ə)n;en-] or [ɪn'laɪtn]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) give spiritual insight to; in religion.
(verb.) make understand; 'Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal'.
手打:西摩--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To supply with light; to illuminate; as, the sun enlightens the earth.
(v. t.) To make clear to the intellect or conscience; to shed the light of truth and knowledge upon; to furnish with increase of knowledge; to instruct; as, to enlighten the mind or understanding.
汉尼巴尔手打
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Illuminate, illume, illumine, irradiate, make light, make luminous, supply with light.[2]. Instruct, inform, teach.
艾米編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Illumine, edify, instruct, illuminate, inform, teach
ANT:Mislead, darken, confound, obscure, mystify, perplex
阿蒂整理
解釋/意思:
v.t. to lighten or shed light on: to make clear to the mind: to impart knowledge to: to elevate by knowledge or religion—(obs.) Enlight′.—n. Enlight′enment act of enlightening: state of being enlightened: the spirit of the French philosophers of the 18th century.
錄入:威廉敏娜
例句/造句/用法:
- Not another word had I heard to enlighten me on the subject of my expectations, and my twenty-third birthday was a week gone. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- A longing to enlighten her was strong in him; and there were moments when he imagined that all she asked was to be enlightened. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- I wish you to understand that I shall not say anything to enlighten Mr. Casaubon himself. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- And my right to make that is simply the universal right of a man to enlighten a woman when he sees her unconsciously placed in a false position. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Hadn't you better see, says Mr. Tulkinghorn to Krook, whether he had any papers that may enlighten you? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Margaret listened in horror; and endeavoured in vain to enlighten the woman's mind; but she was obliged to give it up in despair. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- He reserved his observations for those cases which science could enlighten and common sense approve. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I did not, of course, know the reason for which we had come to the open, but I was not long in being enlightened. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- I little expected in this enlightened and scientific age to find a disciple of Albertus Magnus and Paracelsus. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Some fanatics among them, to be sure, held that one book, the Koran, was of itself sufficient to insure the well-being of the whole human race, but happily a more enlightened view prevailed. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Leave being signified by a gesture, Shirley was presently enlightened on what had happened in her absence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Especially to gentlemen, added May, with a look which enlightened Amy as to one cause of her sudden fall from favor. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Mr. Kenge, said Allan, appearing enlightened all in a moment. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- And yet its arches, its columns, and its statues proclaim it to have been built by an enlightened race. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- She has no suspicion of it, and after what has happened, I shall not take the responsibility upon myself of enlightening her. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- He proved to be as incapable of enlightening me as Mrs. Merridew herself. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- If it enlightens me at all on this question, I will impart unreservedly. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
整理:鲁道夫