picture(IMAGE)
The illustrations show monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.这些插图展示了怪异的野兽，它们身体像熊，头部像虎。
You will be expected to assist the editor with the selection of illustrations for the book.希望你能帮助编辑为本书挑选插图。
Encyclopedias on CD-ROM include sound, illustrations and simple animations.光盘电子百科全书里有声音、插图和简单的动画。
The book contains 25 colour illustrations.
The description was accompanied by a wonderful illustration.

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Pictures
-scape
abstract
active matrix
aquatint
autostereogram
canvas
fig
floral
gouache
graphic arts
graphic novel
halo
hellscape
pencil
raster
rehang
screen print
seascape
shade
sketch

illustrationnoun[C or U] (EXAMPLE)

C2
an example that explains or proves something: 例证，实例
illustration ofThis delay is a perfect illustration of why we need a new computer system.这次延误再好不过地说明了我们为什么需要新的电脑系统。
by way of illustrationA couple of examples are included, by way of illustration (= to show the meaning more clearly).聊举几例，以兹说明。
The president's budget is a vivid illustration of how much the political landscape has changed over the past two years.
One illustration of how severe the problem is, in this clinic an estimated two out of every five pregnant women are HIV positive.

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Samples and examples
advertisement
aliquot
archetype
benchmark
benchmarking
cross-section
exemplification
flavour
for instanceidiom
forerunner
incarnation
instance
prototype
qua
quintessence
role model
sample
showpiece
specimen
taste

illustration | American Dictionary

illustration
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˌɪl·əˈstreɪ·ʃən/
a picture:
[ C ]Look at the illustration on page 37.
An illustration is also an example that makes something easier to understand, or the giving of such examples:
[ C ]That’s a perfect illustration of the problem.

illustration | Business English

illustration
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən/us
an example that shows something:
In our illustration of how much your initial investment might be worth at term, we are assuming an 8% rate of return.

Examples of illustration

illustration
Most of the illustrations, which are scattered along the margin, are helpful and appropriate.
Half-tone illustrations, requiring art paper plates, will be accepted in special circumstances.
Line drawings should be directly reproducible; glossy prints should be furnished for all halftone illustrations.
The principles are supported by material that includes illustrations from the experience of several programs.
Legends for all illustrations should be typed together, separately from the main text.
The manner in which classical models and illustrations were employed demonstrated both continuity and change.
The volume is entertaining in style and content, with a range of relevant and wellproduced illustrations.
Often the procedures were published on blank baptismal partidas, sometimes with instructive illustrations.
The quality of production is high, with numerous illustrations, some in colour.
A majority of the book's illustrations lack appropriate detail to illustrate important points.
Despite the standardisation of presentation, the illustrations vary greatly in a number of ways.
The greatest variation among the illustrations is found in the amount of discussion they devote to phonological issues and suprasegmentals.
The pictorial illustrations chosen are aids to observation, not substitutes.
Nothing prevents the system from using the illustrated kb to generate a revised text, which takes the illustrations into account.
His detailed examination is supported by a wealth of musical illustrations.
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Collocations withillustration

illustration

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accompanying illustration
The morphological characters are shown in the accompanyingillustration (fig. 18).
apt illustration
This amendment provides an apt illustration of the platitude that rights can be enjoyed and protected only if they are restricted.
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