illuminate

vt.

1. 使明亮; 照亮
   • A lot of electric lamps illuminated the stage.
     许多盏灯照着舞台。
   • Torches illuminated the picnic areas.
     火把照亮了野餐地。
   • The sun illuminates the sky.
     太阳照亮了天空。
2. 装饰
   • The old librarian illuminated some old books and manuscripts.
     这个老图书馆员把一些古书和旧抄稿加上各种装饰。
3. 说明, 阐明
   • Footnotes illuminated the difficult passages of the text.
     脚注阐明了文中难解的段落。
   • Our interesting teacher could illuminate almost any subject we studied.
     我们这位有趣的老师几乎能解释清楚我们所学的所有科目。