edification
英 [,ed?f?'ke??(?)n]
美[,?d?f?'ke??n]
- n. 啟迪；教誨；精神修養(yǎng)
英文詞源
- edification (n.)
- mid-14c., in religious use, "a building up of the soul," from Old French edificacion "a building, construction; edification, good example," and directly from Latin aedificationem (nominative aedificatio) "construction, the process of building; a building, an edifice," in Late Latin "spiritual improvement," from past participle stem of aedificare "to build" (see edifice). Religious use is as translation of Greek oikodome in I Cor. xiv. Meaning "mental improvement" is 1650s. Literal sense of "building" is rare in English.
雙語例句
- 1. Demonstrations, films, and videotapes are shown for your edification.
- 采用了演示及播放電影和錄像帶的形式，以起到教育作用。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The books were intended for the edification of the masses.
- 這些書旨在教化民眾。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. Good books give edification.
- 好書給人以啟迪.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Would you be good enough to participate in this morning's edification?
- 不知您是否有興趣參加今天上午的啟示?
來自電影對白
- 5. I am telling you this simply for your edification.
- 我只是為了開導(dǎo)你才告訴你這件事的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)