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.- 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。
- In the 18th century art was seen, along with music and poetry, as something edifying.
- 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.- 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。
- It all brought back memories of a not very edifying past.
英英释义
adj
- enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
- the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read
双语例句
- Being left in a bar all afternoon with a load of football supporters is not the most edifying of experiences.
整个下午跟一群足球支持者留在酒吧里不是非常有教益的经历。 - A usually short narrative making an edifying or cautionary point and often employing as characters animals that speak and act like human beings.
寓言一种通常短小的故事，用来表示启发或谨慎的观点，常利用说话或有人的行为的动物为角色。 - 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。 - 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。 - Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
也不可听从荒渺无凭的话语，和无穷的家谱。这等事只生辩论，并不发明神在信上所立的章程。 - I was wondering, if you would entertain it kindly if I were to give you from the mission stories, several books of edifying nature?
要是我从传教团的书籍里找几本比较正经、比较有效益的书给你，不知你是否乐于接受？ - 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。 - He reads edifying books to improve his mind.
他阅读启发性的书，以使心灵成长。 - 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 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。