| 单词 | unedifying |
| 释义 | unedifying adjective formaluk/ʌnˈed.ɪ.faɪ.ɪŋ/us/ʌnˈed.ə.faɪ.ɪŋ/unpleasantandcausingpeopletofeelnorespect: 令人不快的；丢脸的We weretreatedto the unedifyingspectacleof Congressmenfightinglikechildren.我们目睹了议员像孩子们一样打架的丢脸场景。 Opposite edifyinghumorousorformal Serious and unpleasant
Examplesofunedifyingunedifying This was anunedifyingpostscript to the voyage. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, the motivations of pilgrims are various, and sometimes ratherunedifying. From theCambridge English Corpus We had theunedifyingsight of pile upon pile of rubbish towering in the city centre streets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nothing moreunedifyingthan walking past an office building and seeing a group of people outside on the doorstep smoking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As a decent visitor he would not like that, and we do not like to see it because it is anunedifyingspectacle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would think that a radical departure would be disastrous to education, damaging to the public interest, and probablyunedifyingfor religion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I find itunedifyingand take no joy in it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been theunedifyingsight of policies being personalised and personalities relentlessly vying with one another for the popular limelight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I found itunedifyingthat countries should queue up to make extradition requests in this way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This was a highly unethical andunedifyinglittle device, providing a further instance of public confidence being gravely undermined. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For some time they have been locked in a ratherunedifying, old-fashioned trade war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, does not business currently conducted produce the somewhatunedifyingsituation whereby government can and do change the proposed date to suit their own purposes? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he now move on from thisunedifyingknockabout and answer some of the questions that were asked? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The procedure does little to enhance democracy and it is anunedifyingand indeed incomprehensible spectacle for citizens who are following our work. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English If anyone ever inquired into some of our decisions, the results would doubtless be somewhatunedifying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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