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

• 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。
• The "Sutra of the Buddha of Limitless Lifespan" identifies Guan Yin Bodhisattva and Great Strength Bodhisattva as Amita Buddha's assistants in edifying all beings.
  《观无量寿经》提到观世音菩萨和大势至菩萨是阿弥陀佛的两大脇侍菩萨。
• 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。
• 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。
• The spectacle will not be edifying.
  届时场面不会好看。
• 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 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。
• 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；
• 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。