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

• Not a very edifying experience.
  并非很有启迪性的一番经历。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We are witnessing the last edifying moments of a transcendent being.
  现在我们看到的就是生命完成升华的那一刻。
• 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。
• Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
  们也是如此。既是切慕属灵的恩赐，就当求多得造就教会的恩赐。
• 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。
• The spectacle will not be edifying.
  届时场面不会好看。
• Based on this understanding, the significance of the ethics thought of Aristotle to the modern society is illuminated: his thought is good to cultivating right concept of happiness for modern human beings, edifying the cultivation of morality and realizing social harmony.
  并在此基础上说明了亚里士多德德性伦理思想对现代社会的意义：为现代人培养正确的幸福观、对道德培养的启迪、有利于社会和谐。