illustration
/ˌɪləsˈtreɪʃən/noun
1- a picture illustrating a book, newspaper, etc.（书、报纸等的）插图：
an illustration of a yacht.
一艘游艇的插图。
1.1
- an example serving to clarify or prove something例证：
this accident is a graphic illustration of the disaster that's waiting to happen.
这次事故就是随时可能发生灾难的一个明显例证。
1.2
- mass noun the action or fact of illustrating something, either pictorially or by exemplification图解; 说明：
by way of illustration, I refer to the following case.
作为说明, 我引用以下个案。
派生词
illustrational
adjective词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'illumination; spiritual or intellectual enlightenment'）： via Old French from Latin illustratio（n-）, from the verb illustrare （see ILLUSTRATE）.