illustration (in a book, e.g.); to illustrate ☊ 
minh họa 
illustrate like: minh họa → →
die Abbildung ☊ 
tranh minh họa ☊ 
☊ In diesem Diagramm habe ich den Anstieg der Kosten in einer Kurve veranschaulicht. ☊ Trong biểu đồ này tôi đã minh họa sự gia tăng kinh phí bằng một đường đồ thị. ☊ (Lektion 114, Nr. 2103) He's too clever by half, if you ask me (= it annoys me or makes me suspicious). ☊ clever ☊
I shall take four different examples from contemporary literature to illustrate my point. ☊ example ☊
The book fell open at a page of illustrations. ☊ fall ☊
illustrate sth: an illustrated textbook ☊ illustrate ☊
illustrate sth with sth: His lecture was illustrated with photos taken during the expedition. ☊ illustrate ☊
illustrate sth: To illustrate my point, let me tell you a little story. ☊ illustrate ☊
Last year's sales figures are illustrated in Figure 2. ☊ illustrate ☊
illustrate how, what, etc...: Here's an example to illustrate what I mean. ☊ illustrate ☊
She not only wrote the text but also selected the illustrations. ☊ not only... (but) also... ☊
All illustrations are reproduced by kind permission of the Mercury Gallery. ☊ reproduce ☊