the improvement of somebody’s mind or character 教化;启迪;陶冶 - for the edification of somebody | for somebody's edification
The books were intended for the edification of the masses. 这些书旨在教化民众。 There are, for your edification, 150 teaspoons of sherry in a bottle—I counted them all. 为了给你启迪,瓶子里有150茶匙雪利酒——我都数过了。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin aedificatio(n-), from aedificare ‘build’, from aedis ‘dwelling’ + facere ‘make’.- for the edification of somebody | for somebody's edification