Edifying

(adj.) enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement; 'the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read' .

校对:路易丝

• 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.
• An edifying consequence ensued. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

手打:菲尔