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(yǔ)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(lái)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(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. Good books give edification.
好書給人以啟迪.

來(lái)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(lái)自電影對(duì)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(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)