英:[ˌedɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
美:[ˌedɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
英:[ˌedɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
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词根:edify
adj.edifying 有益的;有教化意味的
n.edifice 大厦;大建筑物
v.edifying 熏陶(edify的ing形式);启迪
vt.edify 熏陶;启发;教诲
14世纪中期,宗教用语中的“灵魂的建立”,源自古法语 edificacion “建筑,建造; 启迪,好榜样”,直接源自拉丁语 aedificationem(主格 aedificatio)“建造,建筑过程; 建筑物,大厦”,在晚期拉丁语中表示“精神上的提高”,源自 aedificare 的过去分词词干“建造”(参见 edifice)。宗教用语是希腊语 oikodome 在哥林多前书14章中的翻译。1650年代开始出现“心智提高”的意思。在英语中,字面意义的“建筑”很少见,但中古英语中的 bilding 有时用于宗教写作中翻译拉丁语 aedificatio。
The first known use of edification was in the 14th century
1 My favourite TV programme is comedy, which give us happiness and edification.
我最喜欢看的电视节目的喜剧片,它给人带来快乐,从快乐中得到启迪。
2 Various examples are cited for our amusement/edification, including a troll who didn't know when to stop and someone whose personal photos escaped into the public domain.
3 Freer procured Egyptian objects in part to compare them, for his own edification, with ones from East Asia.
4 It’s normal, I think, during times of deep confusion, to look toward the past for guidance—to see how we muddled through or toppled injustice before, to look for edification from our forebears.
5 The problem is that edification isn’t in and of itself dramatic or even necessarily nuanced.
6 And now, you can listen edification from them.
而今,你却可以凝神倾听他们的教诲了。
7 Our species draws upon them for pleasure, for edification, for inspiration and motivation, and sometimes for a cheesy simulacrum of such things.
8 You won’t come away from “People, Places & Things” — a phrase here denoting the myriad potential threats to steady sobriety — with much in the way of fresh edification.
9 Only in 1889, Hearst is a junior Senator from California, "who since our paths last crossed," Swearengen theatrically declares for the edification of his establishment's patrons, "has went from strength to stronger strength still."
10 But between the cost of tuition and dark memories of failure at the blackboard, formally committing to edification can be daunting.
11 I am telling you this simply for your edification.
我只是为了开导你才告诉你这件事的。
12 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.
所以我们务要追求和睦的事,与彼此建立德行的事.
13 But it's an element of feel-good edification that fuels much of the star's iconic appeal.
14 But if you are a cinephile or an aspiring filmmaker looking for some behind-the-scenes edification, there's little.
15 Most staycations combine edification with retail: you visit a battlefield or a museum and then hit the amusement park and the outlet stores.
16 Thus the role of music, but also people through its appreciation, is affected by its edification and achieve.
因而音乐的作用,也是人们通过对其欣赏,受其熏陶而达到的。
17 At night the abstract play of lights from vehicles and buildings, however much it may seem at odds with the nature of the presentation, generally affords edification of its own rather than distraction.
18 It was tailored less for the edification of the audience than for the benefit of the young singers.
19 There are geographical and spiritual wildernesses, and the people of God must pass through them for their edification.
有地理的旷野,有心灵的旷野,都是属神的人必经之地,对我们有益的。
20 That suggests the filmmakers saw parallels between their movie and “The Hunger Games,” with the fights staged for the edification of the upper classes.
1 教化
civilization cultivation reclamation domestication humanization cultivate humanize edify moralize civilize reclaim culture
6 启发
illuminating enlightening luciferous enlightenment irradiation inbreathe cultivate illuminate edify irradiate illumine edifying light edificatory suggestion initiation illumination awakening didactic elicitation open suggest initiate awake lighten enlighten civilize illume heuristic
8 熏陶