[mass noun](formal)the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually (正式)(道德或知识等方面的)教诲,开导,启迪,教化 a video was filmed for the edification of clients. 一篇为教诲而写的报告。
语源
late Middle English: from Latin aedificatio(n-), from aedificare 'build' (see edify)