• vt. 熏陶；啟發(fā)；教誨

來自PIE*aidh, 燃燒，詞源同ash, ether. 原指火爐，引申義居住地，大廈。-fy,做，建造。即建造大廈的，樹立起榜樣的。

edify

edify: [14] As its close relative edifice [14] suggests, edify has to do literally with ‘building’. And in fact its underlying etymological sense is ‘building a hearth’. That was the original sense of Latin aedis. Gradually, though, it was extended, in a familiar metaphorical transition, from ‘hearth’ to ‘home’ and ‘dwelling’. Addition of a verbal element related to facere ‘make’ produced aedificāre ‘build a house’, or simply ‘build’.

Its figurative application to ‘instruction’ or ‘enlightenment’ took place in Latin, and has no doubt been reinforced in English (which acquired the word from Old French edifier) by its accidental similarity to educate.

edify (v.)

mid-14c., "to build, construct," also, in figurative use, "to build up morally or in faith," from Old French edefiier (12c., Modern French édifier) "build; install; teach, instruct (morally)," from Latin aedificare "to build, construct," in Late Latin "improve spiritually, instruct" (see edifice). Related: Edified; edifying.

1. They tried to edify the child with music.

他們試圖用音樂陶冶這孩子.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. TV should attempt to edify the masses.

電視應(yīng)該試著去啟迪大眾.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Tea is fitness, disease , and the treatment, rich appreciation taste edify sentiment.

茶有健身 、 治疾之藥物療效, 又富欣賞情趣,可陶冶情操.

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4. The purpose is to widen train thought, edify somewhat to the reader.

目的是拓寬思路, 對讀者有所啟迪.

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5. In his book the function of television was to edify, not to entertain.

按照他的看法,電視的職能在于教育, 而不在于娛樂.

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