| 词汇 | edification |
| 释义 | edification noun[ U ] formaluk /ˌed.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌed.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ the improvement of the mind and understanding, especially by learning: （尤指通过学习获得的）教益，启迪，陶冶 I tend to watch the television for pleasure rather than edification.一般我看电视是为了消遣而不是为了要从中得到什么教益。 Knowledge and awareness acquaintance alertness as every schoolboy/schoolchild knowsidiom astuteness at/in the back of your mindidiom familiarity firsthand general knowledge gnostic grounding metacognition nescience nescient nod off someone's radaridiom omniscience street smarts theory of mind visual literacy witting Examples of edificationedification They are merely being filmed for the education and edification of the public. His apparent goals were to provide his readers with pleasure and edification and also to affect their identification of him. These words were pronounced not merely for the edification of the novice but also for the benefit of the public. But one may still ask what makes an argument a good one, even in the more limited context of, say, edification. The poem locates its fictional genesis in the request of the poet's friends that he write a love poem for their enjoyment and edification. His journal entries were written for his own personal edification. These collections were meant for serious moral guidance rather than scholarly or literary edification. They are particularly intended for the edification of monks, nuns and clerics by means of the virtuous example of the saint. Like other congregations, it hosted ' lectures ' (sermons) during the week for the edification of the laity. As part of the 'leisure' industry, classical recordings are firmly within 'serious leisure' - the kind of leisure that makes 'edification' and 'improvement' a high priority. The assertion that known sin should be expiated publicly for the edification of those injured by the sin is certainly consonant with traditional calls for public penance. Nor is it clear that displaying an aestheticized, romanticized fantasy image of the poor for the edification or titillation of the sinful affluent really furthers egalitarian ideals. Allen assumes that the ordinary leisured person cannot aspire to produce a groundbreaking scientific text; he or she is only a hobbyist, observing non-human nature for personal edification alone. We shall regard it with no more surprise and no greater edification than we regard the ordinary and more sordid incidents of everyday life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely, we would like to do that for the edification of our own people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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