illustrate, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

illustrate (illustrates 3rd person present) (illustrating present participle) (illustrated past tense & past participle )

1  verb If you say that something illustrates a situation that you are drawing attention to, you mean that it shows that the situation exists. (=demonstrate)
The example of the United States illustrates this point...  V n
The incident graphically illustrates how parlous their position is...  V wh
The case also illustrates that some women are now trying to fight back.  V that

2  verb If 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.
Let me give another example to illustrate this difficult point...  V n
Throughout, she illustrates her analysis with excerpts from discussions.  V n with n
♦ illustration  n-uncount usu prep N
Here, by way of illustration, are some extracts from our new catalogue.

3  verb If you illustrate a book, you put pictures, photographs or diagrams into it.
She went on to art school and is now illustrating a book...  V n
He has illustrated the book with black-and-white photographs.  V n with n
♦ illustrated  adj
The book is beautifully illustrated throughout.
♦ illustration  n-uncount
...the world of children's book illustration.