1590s, plural of Latin illuminatus "enlightened" (in figurative sense), past participle of illuminare (see illumination). Originally applied to a 16c. Spanish sect (the Alumbrados), then to other sects; since 1797 used as a translation of German Illuminaten, name of a secret society founded 1776 in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and holding deistic and republican principles; hence used generally of free-thinkers and sarcastically of those professing intellectual enlightenment (1816). Related: Illuminatism; illuminatist.
权威例句
1. The Illuminati are disguised as the booth babes.
Illuminati伪装成摊贩宝贝.
2. Listen to the voice of illuminati.
聆听智者的声音。
3. So let me tell you what the Illuminati are doing these days.
所以让我告诉你这些日子里光明会正在做的.
4. We are under attack from an old enemy. The Illuminati.