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用法:① If you can identify someone or something, you are able to recognize them or distinguish them from others.
: W! n0 ]: S; i& V( r$ N" z5 v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)
/ p) ?4 Q8 c( |② If you identify someone or something, you name them or say who or what they are.
0 x4 N/ ?% a1 \③If you identify something, you discover or notice its existence. 2 G( K9 G; k \, P4 R2 _
④ If a particular thing identifies someone or something, it makes them easy to recognize, by making them different in some way. ; M% [5 l/ ^' z) r, Q! Z
⑤If you identify with someone or something, you feel that you understand them or their feelings and ideas.
, Z5 `, L' ]( o9 j8 S6 J8 ?⑥If you identify one person or thing with another, you think that they are closely associated or involved in some way.
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# h4 o6 s, h4 j6 aIlluminate
; j0 x: `" R0 ~. x( A( h) B1 N用法:①To illuminate something means to shine light on it and to make it brighter and more visible. (FORMAL)
0 y" e4 E6 n9 |1 ?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 R" p+ s5 L( ^+ p
例句:They use games and drawings to illuminate their subject. - X8 R o a2 y# }" e, L' R
- p7 ~: O6 Q$ j- g$ kIllustrate @9 I% f) }. b. O7 r
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.
! a) s6 C+ H6 D' @. u7 Y②If 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.
- @$ I$ N( L- E- ?: n③ If you illustrate a book, you put pictures, photographs or diagrams into it. ; z+ f! V9 r# A5 r! n
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)
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/ m/ a5 I5 \* y6 i2 H LImperative ' ^8 @. H D, ]/ z3 o
用法:① If it is imperative that something is done, that thing is extremely important and must be done. (FORMAL)
" X# Z0 L% k+ \+ m3 v4 S例句:With the gradual evolution of society, simple counting became imperative. (1997.12) $ ]4 r7 ?8 f, e0 b" v+ ]0 C
② An imperative is something that is extremely important and must be done. (FORMAL
/ m+ I1 b J, \1 b③ 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. ) J: R8 f2 S. ?- a
④An imperative is a verb in the base form that is used, usually without a subject, in an imperative clause. |