核心词议:
vt. 启发,启蒙;教导,开导;照耀
enlighten 基本解释
vt. 启发,启蒙;开导,教导;〈古〉照耀
速记方法
速记技巧 词根词缀法 en-使+light照亮,明白+-en动词词尾。使某人变得灵光,明白,不就是开导、启发的意思。
知识扩展
词语辨析
enlighten,illuminate,illumine,illustrate,light,lighten。 这组词的共同意思是“照亮”。它们之间的区别是illuminate指用光线照亮黑暗处,引申可指启发、阐明复杂或难懂的问题;illumine与illuminate同义,多为文学和诗歌用语;light多指照亮道路或某一处所;lighten也指使黑暗处明亮一些,常引申作诗歌用语;enlighten原指照耀,现只用于引申义指启发、开导或使人摆脱偏见、迷信等;illustrate指增加光泽,引申指美化或润色。
enlighten 变化形式
第三人称单数: enlightens
过去式: enlightened
过去分词: enlightened
现在分词: enlightening
过去式: enlightened
过去分词: enlightened
现在分词: enlightening
中文词源: enlighten
精选例句
1、 She didnˈt enlighten him about her background.
她未向他讲明自己的出身背景。
2、 A few dedicated doctors have fought for years to enlighten the profession.
少数富有献身精神的医生为启蒙这一行业而奋斗多年。
常见考点例句:
- Did the list enlighten your sense of loss about your friendship ?
- 上述列表启发你的意识,感觉到你的友情在流失吗?
- Its ability to enliven , enlighten , and empower is its magic .
- 它愉悦,启发和变强大的能力是很有魔力的。
- The more horrible the events about which we read and heard , the more certain we became of our responsibility to enlighten and accuse .
- 我们读到或听到的事件越是让人发指,我们越是觉得肩负着启发民智的责任,谴责他们。
- It may be not absolutely right and we will spare no efforts to study this issue in the next stage , hoping that it will enlighten you .
- 可能讲得不一定对,下一个阶段还会花很大精力研究这个问题,希望对大家有所启发。
- I have just started to learn culture of consultation and am very near the surface , but some of the rules that one must follow during a consultation just enlighten me .
- 我也是初次接触磋商的文化,了解得很肤浅,但磋商中要遵循的几条规律很让我受启发。