edify

英 [ˈedɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈedɪfaɪ]

v.  教化; 启迪; 教诲

现在分词：edifying　过去分词：edified　过去式：edified　第三人称单数：edifies　

TOEFLGREIELTS

BNC.37135 / COCA.28444

牛津词典

verb

• 教化；启迪；教诲
  to improve people's minds or characters by teaching them about sth

英英释义

verb

• make understand
  1. Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
  Synonym:enlighten

双语例句

• T.v.should attempt to edify the masses.
  电视应该试着去启迪大众。
• I do not suppose the situation my friend Mrs Rooke is in at present, will furnish much either to interest or edify me.
  我认为我的朋友鲁克夫人目前的工作既不会使我感兴趣，也不会给我带来影响。
• The education of art can waken the students 'imagination and ideation as well as purify their souls and edify their sentiment. It is quite important for the cultivation of creative personnel in the new century.
  艺术教育既可以起到净化心灵，陶冶情操，鼓舞斗志，弘扬正气的作用，又能激发人的想象力和形象思维能力，进而促进逻辑思维，对培养新世纪创新人才具有重要意义。
• If you study my project, it might edify your mind.
  “我想是你把我看成自我主义者了。”汤姆说，“如果你研究一下我的工程，你的思想会受到启发。
• Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
  所以我们务要追求和睦的事，与彼此建立德行的事。
• Pay attention to the students ′ sociality, edify student with culture imperceptibly;
  充分重视学生的社会性，潜移默化地进行文化熏陶；
• I can just manage to string a few words of French together. It is our sincere wish that through these messages, we encourage one another and edify one another.
  我只能勉强把法语的几个词拼凑在一起.深盼藉著话语的交通，和众肢体彼此勉励、此成全。
• Our mission is to destroy, not to edify.
  我们的使命是摧毁，而不是教诲。
• In his book the function of television was to edify, not to entertain.
  按照他的看法，电视的职能在于教育，而不在于娱乐。
• Teaching ancient poetry is an important channel to impart knowledge, cultivate ideology education and edify the emotion.
  古诗词教学是对学生进行知识传授、思想教育和情感陶冶的重要途径。