educate

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they educate
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he / she / it educates
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past simple educated
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past participle educated
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-ing form educating
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  1. [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.他们所有的孩子都接受过私人教育。
    • He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at Oxford.他先在地方综合学校上学,然后在牛津大学接受教育。🔊🔊
    Topics Educationb1
  2. [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BBC的目的是“宣传,教育和娱乐”。
    • educate somebody The industry wants to educate the public, but not cause undue concern.该行业希望对公众进行教育,但不要引起不必要的关注。
    • 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努力教育消费者关于从小就长期储蓄的重要性
    • educate somebody to do something The campaign is intended to educate people to respect the environment.该运动旨在教育人们尊重环境。
    see also re-educate
    Extra Examples
    • 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.我们认识到有必要对医生进行治疗方面的教育。
  3. Word Originlate 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’.