| 单词 | throw light on sth |
| 释义 | throw light on sththrow light on sth 1 EXPLAINto provide new information that makes a difficult subject or problem easier to understand 〔提供新资料〕使某事物更容易理解 Melanie was able to shed some light on the situation. 梅拉妮能对情况作进一步解释。 These discoveries may throw new light on the origins of the universe. 这些发现也许可以让人们更进一步了解宇宙的起源。 Examples from the Corpus throw/shed/cast light on something• A fretful wind was not enough to open them and shed light on the ruptured earth in which they lay.• Newly found Aztec artifacts may shed some light on their mysterious culture.• This may shed light on Soviet views of such zones.• An analysis of the results should shed light on the workings of the Northern Ireland labour market.• Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.• Therefore they shed light on the comparative institutional questions with which we are concerned.• Owing to the small sample size, the results can only be expected to shed light on the trends.• In addition, the research is expected to shed light on the social consequences of cities' changing economic roles.• He uses relativity to throw light on time and eternity, and indeterminacy to comment on free will. → throw/shed/cast light on something at light1(6) 2 SHOW/LET somebody SEE somethingto make something easier to understand by providing new information 〔提供新资料〕使某事更易理解 Recent investigations have thrown new light on how the two men died. 最近的调查为这两名男子的死因提供了新的解释。 Examples from the Corpus throw light on something• But my frantic, full-beamed Mayday signal only threw light on a de-iced porthole.• Geographical comparison of patterns of lawbreaking sometimes throws light on more general differences in social and economic conditions.• Epidemiological studies sometimes threw light on preventable causes of cancer.• A comparison of the two will throw light on the crisis of conscience on both occasions.• But I have not found anything in the careful judgment of Mustill L.J. which throws light on the issues presently under consideration.• Experiments to throw light on the processes at work must themselves be long-term.• It also seeks to throw light on the role assumed by planters and the planting lobby in society at large.• Life-positions throw light on why it is that some people tend to be winners and some losers in life. → throw light on something at throw1(18) |
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