edifying

英 [ˈedɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈedɪfaɪɪŋ]

adj.  启迪的; 有启发意义的; 起教化作用的
v.  教化; 启迪; 教诲
edify的现在分词

现在分词：edifying　

BNC.37702 / COCA.35811

牛津词典

adj.

• 启迪的；有启发意义的；起教化作用的
  likely to improve your mind or your character

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 教导的;启迪的;起教化作用的
  If you describe something asedifying, you mean that it benefits you in some way, for example by teaching you about something.
  1. In the 18th century art was seen, along with music and poetry, as something edifying.
     在18世纪，人们认为美术和音乐、诗歌一样，能够起到教化作用。
• ADJ-GRADED (通常用于否定句)令人愉快的,可以接受的
  You say that something is not veryedifyingwhen you want to express your disapproval or dislike of it, or to suggest that there is something unpleasant or unacceptable about it.
  1. It all brought back memories of a not very edifying past.
     所有这些都让人回想起一段并不那么愉快的过去。

英英释义

adj

• enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
  1. the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read
  Synonym:enlightening

双语例句

• It all brought back memories of a not very edifying past.
  所有这些都让人回想起一段并不那么愉快的过去。
• The explicit pursuit of purpose-in-life is, as the Buddha taught, not edifying: it is best to immerse oneself into the river of life and let the question drift away.
  正像佛教所说的，直接追寻生命的意义是无益的：最好的办法是让自己浸入生命之河中，让这个问题自己漂走。
• It holds the three element of aesthetic education are the education of aesthetic knowledge, the cultivating of feeling of aesthetic form and the edifying of aesthetic feeling.
  构成审美教育的内容与形式的三要素是审美知识的教育、审美形式感的培养与审美情感的陶冶。
• Not a very edifying experience.
  并非很有启迪性的一番经历。
• Secondly, the purpose of aesthetic education, harmonizing sensibilities, edifying will and advancing the ability of aesthetic;
  美育的目的：调和情感、陶冶意志、提高审美能力；
• Associate with the humble and the simple, with the devout and virtuous, and with them speak of edifying things.
  要结交谦逊的人、虔诚的人和有德性的人，和他们谈论有益的事。
• From educational content, should strengthen education in patriotism and traditional culture edifying;
  从教育内容上，要加强爱国主义教育和传统文化熏陶；
• The non-mirror-philosophy was a kind of Hermeneutics and edifying philosophy, which denied common criterion.
  他指出，无镜哲学是一种解释学，一种教化哲学。
• When I first started covering the very rich, a wealth manager gave me this piece of advice: The very rich are like the unemployed, except they don't have the edifying focus of trying to find a job.
  在我刚开始报道超级富翁时，一名财富管理师给了我这样一条建议：除了不急着找工作外，那些超级富翁和失业者没什么两样。
• It is a tradition to pay attention to edifying experience while teaching Chinese the language.
  注重陶冶式教学，是我国语文教育源远流长的一个传统。