Giving examples 举例

• ◆The website has a variety of interactive exercises (e.g. matching games, crosswords and quizzes). 这个网站有各种各样的互动练习（比如：配对游戏、纵横填字游戏和智力测试）。
• ◆The website has a variety of interactive exercises, including matching games, crosswords and quizzes. 这个网站有各种各样的互动练习，包括配对游戏、纵横填字游戏和智力测试。
• ◆Web 2.0 technologies, such as wikis, blogs and social networking sites, have changed the way that people use the Internet. * Web 2.0 技术，比如维基、博客及社交网站，改变了人们使用互联网的方式。
• ◆Many websites now allow users to contribute information. A good example of this is the 'wiki', a type of website that anyone can edit. 现在许多网站都允许用户撰写信息。维基就是一个很好的例子，它是一种任何人都可以编辑的网站。
• ◆Wikis vary in how open they are. For example, some wikis allow anybody to edit content, while others only allow registered users to do this. 各维基网的开放程度不同。比如，有些维基网允许任何人编辑内容，另一些则只允许注册用户进行内容编辑。
• ◆Wikis vary in how open they are. Some wikis, for example / for instance, allow anybody to edit content, while others only allow registered users to do this. 各维基网的开放程度不同。比如，有些维基网允许任何人编辑内容，另一些则只允许注册用户进行内容编辑。
• ◆More and more people read their news on the Internet. To take one example, over 14 million people now read the online version of 'The Oxford Herald'. 越来越多的人在网上阅读新闻。举个例子来说，现在有超过 1 400 万人阅读《牛津先驱报》的网络版。
• ◆Online newspapers are now more popular than paper ones. 'The Oxford Herald' is a case in point. Its print circulation has fallen in recent years, while its website attracts millions of users every month. 现在，网络报纸比纸质报纸更受欢迎。《牛津先驱报》就是一个很好的例子。近年来，其印刷版发行量趋于减少，但其网站每个月却吸引上千万的用户。

These are all words for a thing or situation that is typical of a particular group or set, and is sometimes used to support an argument. 以上各词均指事例、实例、例证。

• example something such as an object, a fact or a situation that shows, explains or supports what you say; a thing that is typical of or represents a particular group or set 指实例、例证、典型、范例、样品：◆Can you give me an example of what you mean? 你能给我举个实例来解释你的意思吗？
• case a particular situation or a situation of a particular type; a situation that relates to a particular person or thing 指具体情况、事例、实例、特定情况：◆In some cases people have had to wait several weeks for an appointment. 在某些情况下，人们必须等上好几周才能得到约见。
• instance (rather formal) a particular situation or a situation of a particular type 指例子、事例、实例：◆The report highlights a number of instances of injustice. 这篇报道重点列举了一些不公正的实例。
• specimen an example of sth, especially an animal or plant 尤指动植物的样品、实例：◆The aquarium has some interesting specimens of unusual tropical fish. 水族馆里有一些罕见的热带鱼，很有趣。
• illustration (rather formal) a story, an event or an example that clearly shows the truth about sth 指说明事实的故事、实例、示例：◆The statistics are a clear illustration of the point I am trying to make. 这些统计数字清楚地阐明了我要陈述的要点。

example or illustration? 用 example 还是 illustration？

• An illustration is often used to show that sth is true. An example is used to help to explain sth. * illustration 常用以表示事物的真实性，example 用以解释说明。

Patterns

• a(n) example/case/instance/specimen/illustration of sth
• in a particular case/instance
• for example/instance