educate
verb /ˈedʒukeɪt/
/ˈedʒukeɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they educate | /ˈedʒukeɪt/ /ˈedʒukeɪt/ |
| he / she / it educates | /ˈedʒukeɪts/ /ˈedʒukeɪts/ |
| past simple educated | /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle educated | /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ /ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form educating | /ˈedʒukeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈedʒukeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, often passive] to teach somebody over a period of time at a school, university, etc.
（在学校）教育 - be educated She was educated in the US.
她是在美国受的教育。 - All their children have been educated privately.
他们的孩子都是私教的。 - He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at .
他先在地方综合学校上学，然后在牛津大学接受教育。
- be educated She was educated in the US.
- [transitive, intransitive] to teach somebody about something or how to do something
教导；教养；训练 - He believed the BBC's purpose was ‘to inform, educate and entertain’.
他认为英国广播公司的目的是“提供信息、教育和娱乐”。 - educate somebody The industry wants to educate the public, but not cause undue concern.
该行业希望教育公众，但不要引起过度关注。 - educate somebody on something Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking.
有必要教导儿童吸毒的危害。 - educate somebody about something an effort to educate consumers about the importance of long-term saving from an early age
努力教育消费者从小长期储蓄的重要性 - educate somebody to do something The campaign is intended to educate people to respect the environment.
这场运动旨在教育人们尊重环境。
- We must educate people into recycling more of their rubbish.
我们必须教育人们回收更多的垃圾。 - We recognize the need to educate doctors on how to deal with these patients.
我们认识到有必要教育医生如何对待这些病人。
- He believed the BBC's purpose was ‘to inform, educate and entertain’.
词源late Middle English: from Latin educat- ‘led out’, from the verb educare, related to educere ‘lead out’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + ducere ‘to lead’.