When you enlighten someone, you explain something so they finally see it clearly. It is stronger and a little more formal than tell or explain: you are not only passing on a fact, you are helping the other person understand a reason, a hidden point, or a better way to look at the thing. Teachers, books, and careful speakers like this word; children more often just say explain.

When you enlighten someone當你enlighten某人，you explain something so they finally see it clearly表示你解釋一件事，讓對方終於看清楚。 It is stronger and a little more formal than tell or explain這個字比tell或explain更強、更正式一點：you are not only passing on a fact你不只是傳達一個事實，you are helping the other person understand a reason, a hidden point, or a better way to look at the thing你是在幫對方理解一個原因、一個隱藏的重點，或是一個看事情更好的角度。 Teachers, books, and careful speakers like this word老師、書本和講話講究的人喜歡用這個字；children more often just say explain小孩比較常就只說explain。

Though actually, in everyday talk it often comes with a small smile. Enlighten me can mean go on, then, tell me — and sometimes it sounds a bit sharp, as if the speaker thinks you have been unclear on purpose.

Though actually不過其實，in everyday talk it often comes with a small smile在日常對話裡常常帶著一點微笑的味道。 Enlighten meEnlighten me這句話 can mean go on, then, tell me可以是「來吧，說給我聽」的意思，and sometimes it sounds a bit sharp有時候聽起來會帶點刺，as if the speaker thinks you have been unclear on purpose好像說話的人覺得你是故意含糊其辭。

The old picture inside the word is light: you put light in, so the other person can see.

The old picture inside the word is light這個字裡原本的畫面是「光」：you put light in, so the other person can see你把光放進去，讓對方看得見。