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edify

v.启发

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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

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-fy 表“做成~”、“使~化”的意思

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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/