1. The incident illustrates the need for better security measures. 这次事件说明了加强安全措施的必要。
2. The writer illustrates his point by quotation from a number of sources. 作者旁征博引以阐明自己的观点。
3. Each of the eight chapters in this book illustrates this phenomenon. 本书的八个章节都阐述了这一现象。
4. I began this class with a demonstration that illustrates two very important facts about language. 我用一段演示来开始今天的课，这段演示阐述了语言非常重要的两个事实。
5. He says that he is a fool. He tells this fable of the hawk and the nightingale, which illustrates really the doctrine of might over right. 他说自己是个傻子。他讲了这个关于鹰和夜莺的寓言，真正说明了强权高于公理的道理。
