Enlighten
[ ɪn'laɪtn ]
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vt. 启发，启蒙;开导，教导;〈古〉照耀;
💡 词根助记
en使…进入状态+light光+en表动词，使变成→给人光明→启发
📝 例句
Can you enlighten me on this issue?
你能否在这个问题上指点我一番?
Remember that it is you who refuse to enlighten me.
记住，你得负责任，因为你不肯跟我说老实话。
I didn't try to enlighten him.
我并没有试图向他解释。
A longing to enlighten her was strong in him.
他心里充满了想开导她的强烈欲望。
I like those TV programs which enlighten the viewer as well as entertain him.
我喜欢那些既使观众得到娱乐又使观众受到教育的电视节目。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ enlighten-启发,light-使光明:启发,就是给心以光明
※ en-前缀“使”,lighten-发光,发亮:使发亮→点亮人的精神世界→启发
※ en-前缀“使”,lighten-发光,发亮:使无知和黑暗的心灵被点亮→教育,引导
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
en-表示“内”
📖 牛津释义
enlighten
v[Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (as to sth) give more knowledge or information to sb; free sb from false beliefs or ignorance 启发、 启迪、 教导或开导某人
Can you enlighten me as to (ie help me to understand better) the new procedure? 你能给我讲讲这新程序吗?
🎯 考研助记
猫眼(en)里射出的光(light)使(en)我受 启发 网友：yqy补充： en进入, light光亮→给人光明→启发
🔁 扩展释义
*[in'laitn]vt. 教育, 启发, 启蒙, 开导, 教导相关词组: enlighten sb on sth
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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While early settlers had killed bison for food, now the killing became more widespread.
早期的殖民者只是以杀野牛为食，这时屠宰野牛就更为广泛了。
Another man lit a cigarette but it burnt strangely and so he too put it out.
另一个工人点燃一支烟，但烟燃得怪怪的，于是他也把烟灭了。
She left home when she was eighteen and has lived in Los Angeles for the past fifteen years.
18岁时，她离开了家。过去的15年里她一直住在洛杉矶。