| 单词 | teach |
| 释义 | teach (once / 29 pages) v To teach is to transfer ideas or skills to another person. As an old saying goes, "Give someone a fish, they eat for a day, teach someone to fish and they eat for a lifetime." I hope they like seafood. The Old English word tǣcan, which became the Middle English techen, meant "to show or point out." But the Old English also had another word for teach — læran — which eventually became the modern "learn," with the current meaning of receiving knowledge rather than giving it. If someone tries to "teach you a lesson," he or she tries to punish you for something you've done in order that you won't do it again. WORD FAMILYteach: taught, teachable, teacher, teaches, teaching, unteach+/taught: untaught/teachable: teachably/teacher: teachers, teachership/teachership: teacherships/teaching: teachings/unteach: unteached, unteaches, unteaching USAGE EXAMPLESBut Mr. Trump would do well to look back toward these teachings from history too. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) She put teaching on the back burner and helped her husband run his clock business. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) “He’s more articulate than I am. All of our kids are teaching me so much right now,” Ms. Bening said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v impart skills or knowledge to I taught them French Syn|Hypo|Hyper instruct, learn develop, educate, prepare, train create by training and teaching indoctrinateteach doctrines to; teach uncritically drillteach by repetition catechise, catechizegive religious instructions to reinforce, rewardstrengthen and support with rewards spoonfeedteach without challenging the students inductintroduce or initiate mentorserve as a teacher or trusted counselor tutorbe a tutor to someone; give individual instruction unteachcause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier unteachcause to unlearn groundinstruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject lecture, talkdeliver a lecture or talk coach, trainteach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports edify, enlightenmake understand conditionestablish a conditioned response retrainteach new skills drilltrain in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons house-train, housebreaktrain (a pet) to live cleanly in a house toilet-traintrain (a small child) to use the toilet inspire, revolutionise, revolutionizefill with revolutionary ideas brainwashsubmit to brainwashing; indoctrinate forcibly beat in, drill in, hammer in, ram downteach by drills and repetition inculcate, infuse, instillteach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions preach, prophesydeliver a sermon inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to 2v accustom gradually to some action or attitude The child is taught to obey her parents Hyper accustom, habituate make psychologically or physically used (to something) Teach (once / 2691 pages) n WORD FAMILY Teach: Taught, Teaches USAGE EXAMPLESThe first was a student trying to decide between Teach for America and a human-resources job at Google. New York Times(Mar 27, 2013) Applications for the new scheme, which is similar to other charity-led public sector recruitment initiatives such as Teach First, will open on January 9. BBC(Dec 21, 2016) Ms. Luna, who works at the Great Oaks Charter School, said she would apply for a transition grant that Teach for America offers for resettlement. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) n an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718) Syn|Exp Blackbeard, Edward Teach, Edward Thatch, Thatch buccaneer, pirate, sea robber, sea rover someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation |
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