illustrate
「illustrate」是「舉例說明;圖解闡明」,例如:
Though cases like these are not really how the science will be used, they illustrate the principle.(這些案例並不足以說明科學的運用,它們描述其中的原則。)
This calculation illustrates the theorem.(這項計算說明了一個定理。)
An example will illustrate the point best.(有一個例子是這觀點的最佳解釋。)
expedition
「expedition」是「考察、探險」,例如:
The South Pole expedition proved to be staggeringly successful.(這次南極探險,結果非常成功。)
Our scuba diving is a part of this grand expedition.(我們的潛水是這次遠征的一部分。)
Three of us will go on an expedition and find out which will the right path be.(我們三人將去探察,找出正確的道路。)
longing
「longing」是「渴望、極想得到的」,例如:
I was overwhelmed with longing for those innocent days of early childhood.(對純真童年時光的懷念,在我內心如排山倒海般湧現。)
She is longing to meet the inventor of this magnificent machine.(她渴望見到這部傑出機器的發明者。)
I took the book in my hands and tried to feel the letters with an intensity of longing that I can never forget.(我把這本書拿在手中,試圖感受那些難以忘懷的強烈文字。)