enlighten
enlighten 英 [ɪnˈlaɪtn] 美 [ɛnˈlaɪtn]
vt. 启发，启蒙；教导，开导；照耀
进行时:enlightening 过去式:enlightened 过去分词:enlightened 第三人称单数:enlightens 名词复数:enlightens
- To enlighten someone means to explain something clearly to him. If your friend is behaving strangely but insists she has a reason for it, you could ask her to enlighten you.
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- vt. 启发，启蒙；教导，开导；照耀
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1. Can you enlighten her on this subject?
对这个问题你能启发启发她吗?
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2. I hope the results of my research will enlighten my colleagues.
我希望我的研究成果会对我的同事们有所启发。
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3. They’re good not merelybecause they enlighten us about creativity, but also because most of the betterpaying jobs in the years to come will have creative and innovative dimensionsto them.
说他们好，不仅仅是因为这些真相可以启发我们的创造力，而且还因为未来大多数薪酬比较好的工作都需要更多创造力和创新。
- enlighten (v.) late 14c., "to remove the dimness or blindness" (usually figurative, from one's eyes or heart); see en- (1) + lighten. From 1660s as "supply with intellectual light." Literal senses are later and less common in English: "put light in" is from 1580s; "shed light upon" is from 1610s. Related: Enlightened; enlightening. Old English had inlihtan "to illuminate, enlighten."
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