陶冶 meaning in English
1.(烧制陶器和冶炼金属) make pottery and smelt metal
2.(给人思想, 性格上的影响) exert a favourable influence (on a person's character, etc.); mould 短语和例子
Examples
- They tried to edify the child with music .
他们试图用音乐陶冶这孩子。 - His heart was exactly where yours and mine could be brought, with proper effort and cultivation .
你我的心肠，如果肯下功夫陶冶，也完全可以达到他那种程度的。 - It seemed to her very proper that mr. townsend's destined bride should wish to embellish her mind by a foreign tour .
她觉得汤森德先生的未婚妻通过海外观光来陶冶心情的做法是十分妥当的。 - A new generation of americans-born in this century is tempered by war and disciplined by a hard and bitter peace .
新的一代美国人，这一代人是在本世纪出生的，经受过战争的锻炼，在艰难而痛苦的和平时期受到了陶冶。