Identify
9 b# o8 h7 X) G8 U% @用法:① If you can identify someone or something, you are able to recognize them or distinguish them from others.
) g) C% `) S( V* c例句:At the other extreme, the most complex of the fire ants’ signals is probably colony odor, by which the workers of a particular colony or nest identify another worker as local or foreign. (2002.05)
- R1 K4 A$ G, _( G+ `) j$ L; |8 H② If you identify someone or something, you name them or say who or what they are.
# s: T, m/ Z9 L, |4 E0 S) f2 `/ u③If you identify something, you discover or notice its existence. 0 Z% W/ _0 }& r( |
④ If a particular thing identifies someone or something, it makes them easy to recognize, by making them different in some way.
, p; B9 q& @1 F! C& _9 |⑤If you identify with someone or something, you feel that you understand them or their feelings and ideas.
' [6 q7 p E" X1 s6 X⑥If you identify one person or thing with another, you think that they are closely associated or involved in some way.
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Illuminate . j% X# S$ m3 P
用法:①To illuminate something means to shine light on it and to make it brighter and more visible. (FORMAL)
& R( W+ q4 N3 c3 @. ~②If you illuminate something that is unclear or difficult to understand, you make it clearer by explaining it carefully or giving information about it. (FORMAL) 9 U* C* ?/ a$ Z! n$ l5 G
例句:They use games and drawings to illuminate their subject.
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6 J, m0 T% F0 T0 ^3 G) Q1 N$ }Illustrate ; z* c$ l! |) J6 x$ _
用法:①If you say that something illustrates a situation that you are drawing attention to, you mean that it shows that the situation exists.
4 A, g: ?; y# {# q. y/ P②If you use an example, story, or diagram to illustrate a point, you use it show that what you are saying is true or to make your meaning clearer.
4 }% k3 i. d: a" a) B6 P, i. I③ If you illustrate a book, you put pictures, photographs or diagrams into it.
% u: X/ K( {( X0 Q' Q f9 a8 r例句:Printmaking derives from two historical sources: early woodblocks into which an image was cut and used to illustrate a book or playing cards, and the medieval practice of decorating metal with incised designs, as in armor. (2004.08) ' B7 e, p# ]8 e0 x( ~
" }9 a5 m: E ^; z/ rImperative
/ ?1 o f0 l4 O- v3 u* S用法:① If it is imperative that something is done, that thing is extremely important and must be done. (FORMAL)
, |. W9 ]- h0 S- m% r* h例句:With the gradual evolution of society, simple counting became imperative. (1997.12)
8 c4 v+ z4 s4 i② An imperative is something that is extremely important and must be done. (FORMAL ' M( f* L4 L7 Z( H' H u
③ In grammar, a clause that is in the imperative, or in the imperative mood, contains the base form of a verb and usually has no subject. Examples are `Go away’ and `Please be careful’. Clauses of this kind are typically used to tell someone to do something. 9 h9 [0 X' U8 m& i) e
④An imperative is a verb in the base form that is used, usually without a subject, in an imperative clause. |