designed to teach people something, especially a moral lesson 道德说教的；教诲的；教导的 didactic art 道德说教艺术
Extra ExamplesThe story is not written in a didactic style. 这个故事不是用说教的方式写的。 This form of didactic literature was popular in Victorian times. 这种形式的说教文学盛行于维多利亚时代。
- (usually disapproving)
telling people things rather than letting them find out for themselves 说教似的；好教训人的 The didactic teacher-led approach is no longer fashionable. 教师主导的教学方法不再流行。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek didaktikos, from didaskein ‘teach’.