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单词 illustrative
释义

illustrative

/ˈɪləstrətɪv / /ɪˈlʌstrətɪv/
adjective
1Serving as an example or explanation: this timetable is provided for illustrative purposes only...
  • Both examples are illustrative of the problems which arise because organizations, including banks, must of their nature act through human agents.
  • They're seen as too important to ditch - and that's illustrative of the way universities view their students.
  • And the process is illustrative of how organized they are, what kind of things they value, how careful they are.

Synonyms

exemplifying, explanatory, explaining, elucidatory, elucidative, explicative, expository, interpretative, illuminative, exegetic
rare evincive
2Relating to pictorial illustration: the illustrative arts...
  • His photographs are an illustrative depiction of the scene specifically shot for particular assignments.
  • These paintings of the 18th Century portray the richness and exuberance of illustrative art in those times.
  • Loans of photographs and other illustrative items are being sought to accompany the displays of Silsden's old industries.

Derivatives

illustratively

adverb ...
  • Therefore, Woolf is engagingly and illustratively gesticulatory.
  • But illustratively, if we look at motor vehicle accidents, something like about 5% of the claims that go through motor vehicle injury schemes account for something like about 50% of the total cost of those schemes.
  • As Lock recognizes, ‘Thoth's book uses the inscribed image illustratively rather than deterministically.’
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