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

• 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。
• Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
  你们到如今、还想我们是向你们分诉.我们本是在基督里当神面前说话。亲爱的弟兄阿、一切的事、都是为造就你们。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• We speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
  我们本是在基督里当神面前说话。亲爱的弟兄阿，一切的事，都是为造就你们。
• 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。
• We believe that there are three causes: the edifying influence of the Buddhistic content of folk culture;
  形成鲁迅与佛教的因缘，我们以为有以下三个方面的因素：民间文化中神佛内容的薰陶；
• 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。
• Secondly, edifying their ideological and moral sensibility to enhance their ability of moral activity is the important one.
  陶冶其思想道德情感，增强道德行为选择能力是提高高校教师思想道德素质的重要途径；