enlightening

英 [ɪnˈlaɪtnɪŋ]

美 [ɪnˈlaɪtnɪŋ]

v.  启发; 开导; 阐明
enlighten的现在分词

现在分词：enlightening　

GRE

BNC.33488 / COCA.27028

柯林斯词典

• VERB 启发;开导;教化
  Toenlightensomeone means to give them more knowledge and greater understanding about something.
  1. A few dedicated doctors have fought for years to enlighten the profession...
     一些有献身精神的医生多年来一直努力指导业内同仁。
  2. If you know what is wrong with her, please enlighten me.
     如果你知道她出什么问题了，请告诉我。

英英释义

adj

• enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
  1. the paintings in the church served an edifying purpose even for those who could not read
  Synonym:edifying
• tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
  1. an enlightening glimpse of government in action
  2. an illuminating lecture
  Synonym:informativeilluminating

双语例句

• This is a deeply enlightening and much needed guidebook for these transformational times on the Earth.
  这是一个深受启发和急需的指南这些变革时代的地球。
• Zen Buddhism, with its discipline of meditation and its perplexing koan riddles, seems powerfully enlightening.
  佛教禅宗的打坐戒律和其令人费解的禅理似乎很有启发性。
• I find what you say most enlightening.
  你这一说，我心里头亮了。
• The author thinks that every communication model has its own advantages and can be instructively enlightening for English teaching.
  作者认为，每一种传播模式都有值得借鉴的地方，并能够为我们的大学英语教学提供有益的启示。
• This character, together with the secular modernity, enlightening modernity, reflectional modernity and aesthetic modernity, constitute the multiple aspects of modernity.
  这一特性与世俗现代性、启蒙现代性、反思现代性、审美现代性等，共同构成现代性的多重因素。
• It is a collection of fable works, most of which give an account of some enlightening stories.
  它是一本寓言故事全集，多数讲述了一些令人感悟的故事。
• But by working from first principles to a few implementation details, the journey can be enlightening.
  但是，让我们从它的一些基本原则开始讲起，直至少量的实现细节，整个旅程还是会让您有所启发的。
• Thank you for enlightening me on this interesting subject!
  谢谢你给我带来这有趣的话题。
• This is actually very enlightening, and reveals just how much thought went into creating each area.
  这确实令人大受启发，并展现了创建每个区域所投入的想法。
• But, I now think, it is more enlightening to view the fundamental drivers as energy and ideas.
  不过，我现在觉得，把能源和创意视为基本驱动力反而更具启发性。