a picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc.
(书、报纸等的)插图
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an illustration of a yacht .一艘游艇的插图。
an example serving to clarify or prove something
例证
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this accident is a graphic illustration of the disaster that's waiting to happen .这次事故就是随时可能发生灾难的一个明显例证。
[mass noun]the action or fact of illustrating something, either pictorially or by exemplification
图解;说明
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by way of illustration, I refer to the following case .作为说明,我引用以下个案。
"late Middle English (in the sense ‘illumination; spiritual or intellectual enlightenment’): via Old French from Latin