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    enlighten查询结果如下:

    音标:[ɪn'laɪtn] 现在分词:enlightening
    过去式:enlightened 过去分词:enlightened
    第三人称单数:enlightens 词频:低频词
    基本释义/说明:v.启发;开导;教导
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    vt.
    [常与 on 连用]启发;启蒙;教导;
    Can you enlighten me on this subject?
    对这个问题你能启发我吗?
    -扩展释义
    vt.
    启发,教导,使...明白
    vt.
    启发,启迪;使摆脱蒙昧,; 教育,教导
    It was an elite that believed its task was to enlighten the multitude.
    精英人物会认为自己的职责是启迪群众。
    -同义词和反义词
    -enlighten的不同词性形态

    形容词 变体/同根词

    That can be enlightened.
    educated or informed || Made aware of something || Freed from illusion || Exceedingly wise

    名词 变体/同根词

    One who, or that which, enlightens.
    “True, he has ceased calling himself an artist in interviews, preferring to be regarded as an enlightener and inventor, as a scientist.”
    “It is no wonder the protean character of the enlightener has perplexed mythologers, for he is a perpetual paradox.”
    “He knew this, felt that someday he would find his savior and enlightener that would rescue his soul.”
    An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed. || A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
    “Catherine had innumerable lovers and did not find it contradictory to her enlightenment that she ruled Russia as an absolute autocrat.”
    “Progressions in Scotland itself during the Scottish enlightenment led to advancements throughout the empire.”
    “Thus, Muldrow cannot help but abjure spiritual claims to universal enlightenment.”

    动词 变体/同根词

    enlighten的(已不通用)第三人称单数形式
    enlighten的第三人称单数形式
    “The Spirit washes over us, enlightens us, breathes into our souls, descends without our bidding, sets us on fire.”
    “It enlightens without preachment, and lets the dramatic or ironic prose merge seamlessly with the musical numbers.”
    “Each of the main characters faces a lecture from a relatively minor character who enlightens him about how society should function under the law.”
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