edify
v.启发
难易程度:
edify为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:edifier 动词过去式:edified 过去分词:edified 现在分词:edifying 第三人称单数:edifies
词根
-fy 表“做成~”、“使~化”的意思
近义词, 同义词
edify
/'edɪfaɪ; `ɛdə,faɪ/
v (pt, pp -fied) [Tn] (fml or joc 文或谑) improve the mind or character of (sb) 开导或启发(某人).
edify
v past tense and past participleedifiedpresent participleedifyingthird person singularedifies [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French;Origin: édifier, from Latin aedificare 'to build a house', from aedes 'house']
formal to improve someone's mind or character by teaching them something
>edification [,edɪfɪ'keɪʃən/