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An edifying speech, book, play, or example is one that makes you better in your mind or in your morals — you come away a little wiser, or more decent, than you were. It is a formal adjective, from the verb . Though actually, people often use it with a little laugh, or even as the opposite of praise. 'How edifying' can mean 'well, that was rude' or 'that taught us nothing good'. The joke only works because the serious meaning is so earnest. So listen for the tone: straight, it is a compliment; dry, it is a sting.
有教化意義的、能陶冶品德的（有時是反話）
組成edify + -ing: the adjective made from the verb. Not a separate root.
同家族的字
- edifythe verb this adjective comes from
- edificationthe noun for that improving of mind or character
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
edifyingadj/ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/
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That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
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That enlightens or uplifts.
edifyingnoun/ˈɛd.ɪˌfaɪ.ɪŋ/
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Edification.
- I am slightly skeptical about the neatness of these edifyings in the play. Olivia remains my best positive case, Malvolio my best negative. "Too proud," as Viola says, Olivia is humbled by both Feste and Viola, her twin fools, but more obviously and more frequently by herself, until finally she is blessed with the joy of undeserved grace and love. Malvolio will not learn that his madness is everyone's madness in Illyria.
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。