Enlighten

(verb.) give spiritual insight to; in religion.

(verb.) make understand; 'Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal'.

手打:西摩

• Not another word had I heard to enlighten me on the subject of my expectations, and my twenty-third birthday was a week gone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• A longing to enlighten her was strong in him; and there were moments when he imagined that all she asked was to be enlightened. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I wish you to understand that I shall not say anything to enlighten Mr. Casaubon himself. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• And my right to make that is simply the universal right of a man to enlighten a woman when he sees her unconsciously placed in a false position. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Hadn't you better see, says Mr. Tulkinghorn to Krook, whether he had any papers that may enlighten you? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Margaret listened in horror; and endeavoured in vain to enlighten the woman's mind; but she was obliged to give it up in despair. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• He reserved his observations for those cases which science could enlighten and common sense approve. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I did not, of course, know the reason for which we had come to the open, but I was not long in being enlightened. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I little expected in this enlightened and scientific age to find a disciple of Albertus Magnus and Paracelsus. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• Some fanatics among them, to be sure, held that one book, the Koran, was of itself sufficient to insure the well-being of the whole human race, but happily a more enlightened view prevailed. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Leave being signified by a gesture, Shirley was presently enlightened on what had happened in her absence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Especially to gentlemen, added May, with a look which enlightened Amy as to one cause of her sudden fall from favor. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Mr. Kenge, said Allan, appearing enlightened all in a moment. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• And yet its arches, its columns, and its statues proclaim it to have been built by an enlightened race. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• She has no suspicion of it, and after what has happened, I shall not take the responsibility upon myself of enlightening her. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• He proved to be as incapable of enlightening me as Mrs. Merridew herself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• If it enlightens me at all on this question, I will impart unreservedly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

整理:鲁道夫