(v. i.) To instruct and improve, especially in moral and
religious knowledge; to teach.
(v. i.) To teach or persuade.
(v. i.) To improve.
康拉德编辑
双语例句
You know I'm such a graceless dog that these religious aspects of such subjects don't edify me much. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
Mother, you have found your match, pronounced little Jessie, whom the scene appeared greatly to edify. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
It was very edifying, baby. 欧内斯特·海明威.永别了,武器.
Second, that he had forgiven everybody else, and had made a most edifying end. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Mrs. Bute certainly thought herself one of the most virtuous women in England, and the sight of her happy family was an edifying one to strangers. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
There are a perfect host of Clarksons and Wilberforces* risen up among us on that subject, most edifying to hear and behold. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
On this question there arose the edifying brow-beating, customary on such points. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Among the sights of Europe, that of Rome has ever been held one of the most striking and in some respects edifying. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
It is quite edifying to hear women speculate upon the worthlessness and the duration of beauty. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
In consequence of Mrs. Snagsby looking deeply edified, Mr. Snagsby thinks it expedient on the whole to say amen, which is well received. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
And this was more terrific to her husband (as perhaps she knew) than any flow of eloquence with which she could have edified the company. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Nor were the two last-named gentlemen as much edified as they might have been by the moving passages narrated. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
She was edified at the complete though abrupt diversion of his homage from herself to the heiress. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.