edify
edify 英 [ˈedɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈɛdəˌfaɪ]
vt. 熏陶；启发；教诲
进行时:edifying 过去式:edified 过去分词:edified 第三人称单数:edifies 名词复数:edifies
- To edify is to help someone understand, whether it is books that edify those who want to learn a new language, or the explanations that hang beside paintings at a museum that edify visitors who aren't familiar with the artist.
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- vt. 熏陶；启发；教诲
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1. 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。
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2. I like to think that these essays edify me in some way, but at the very least they appeal to the voyeur in me.
我觉得他们的文章总在某些方面对我有所启发，起码，我知道了自己心底也是对别人的种种非常之有兴趣的。
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3. It needs not only the school to strengthen the cultivation of honesty quality, but also the good external environment to edify and cooperate.
它不仅需要学校大力加强学生诚信素质的培养，而且需要良好的外部环境的熏陶与配合。
- edify (v.) mid-14c., "to build, construct," also, in figurative use, "to build up morally or in faith," from Old French edefiier (12c., Modern French édifier) "build; install; teach, instruct (morally)," from Latin aedificare "to build, construct," in Late Latin "improve spiritually, instruct" (see edifice). Related: Edified; edifying.
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