Edification
[,edɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] or [,ɛdɪfɪ'keʃən]
解释:
(n.) The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improvement; instruction.
(n.) A building or edifice.
校对:马蒂
同义词及近义词:
n. Instruction (with reference to improving the character), enlightenment, improvement, education.
尤因整理
例句:
- Will you then kindly answer, for the edification of the company and of myself? 柏拉图. 理想国.
- I have composed many a homily on her back, to the edification of my brethren of the convent, and many poor Christian souls. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Sloppy held it up, for his edification. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Are we to fight for the edification of the First Born, or is it something worse than that? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Boy put aside, to the great edification of the audience, especially of Little Swills, the comic vocalist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Her auditress listened with exceeding edification. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- There are men pitted against men, and against beasts for the edification of Issus and the replenishment of her larder. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Nor was his domestic life during his time of power and freedom one of exceptional edification. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
编辑:内尔达