teach /tiːtʃ/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp taught /tɔːt $ tɒːt/) 1 school/college etc 中小学/大学等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TEACH to give lessons in a school, college, or university, or to help someone learn about something by giving them information 教书;教授,讲授 → learnteach at Neil teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London. 尼尔在伦敦吉尔德霍尔音乐学校教书。
teach (somebody) English/mathematics/history etc He taught geography at the local secondary school. 他在当地中学教授地理。
teach somebody (something) about something We were never taught anything about other religions. 我们从未接受过其他宗教的教育。
teach something to somebody I’m teaching English to Italian students. 我在给意大利学生上英语课。
teach school/college etc American EnglishAmE (=teach in a school etc) 教中小学/大学等
2 show SB how 教某人如何做 [transitiveT]TEACH to show someone how to do something 教teach somebody (how) to do something My father taught me to swim. 父亲教我游泳。
different methods of teaching children how to read 教儿童识字的不同方法
teach somebody something Can you teach me one of your card tricks? 你能教我一种纸牌戏法吗?
3 change SB’s ideas 改变某人的想法 [transitiveT]TEACH to show or tell someone how they should behave or what they should think 教导,教育teach somebody to do something When I was young, we were taught to treat older people with respect. 我小的时候,我们受的教育是要尊敬老人。
teach somebody something No one ever taught him the difference between right and wrong. 从未有人教过他分辨是非。
teach somebody that He taught me that the easy option isn’t always the best one. 他让我明白了简便的选择并非总是最好。
4 experience shows STH 经验说明某事 [transitiveT]SHOW/BE A SIGN OF if an experience or situation teaches you something, it helps you to understand something about life 〔经验或形势〕使〔某人〕明白teach somebody to do something Experience has taught me to avoid certain areas of the city. 经验告诉我要避开城里的某些区域。
teach somebody that It’s certainly taught me that work and money aren’t the most important things in life. 这件事无疑告诉我工作和金钱不是生活中最重要的东西。
5 that’ll teach you (to do something) spokenDESERVE used when something unpleasant has just happened to someone because they acted stupidly 这是(做某事)给你的教训 That’ll teach you to be late! 叫你迟到!
6. teach somebody a lesson informalPUNISH if someone or something teaches you a lesson, you are punished for something you have done, so that you will not want to do it again 给某人一个教训teach somebody a lesson• He was treating me badly, so I left - I just wanted to teach him a lesson.• They need to be taught a lesson!• I hope a night in the cells has taught you a lesson.• They say they beat Scott up to teach him a lesson.• He would teach her a lesson.• The commander, as an al-Qadhadhfa and ally of the Magharba, should teach them a lesson.• The risk of inflation teaches us another lesson: Do not play it too safe.• It was the old mountain teaching another brutal lesson, that the mountain and its weather does not forgive a mistake.• A japanese Brother and Sister A japanese myth teaches a similar lesson to that of Lilith.• The desire to teach the experts a lesson took on manic proportions. 7. you can’t teach an old dog new tricks used to say that older people often do not want to change the way they do things 老狗学不会新把戏,老人很难接受新事物
8. teach your grandmother (to suck eggs) British EnglishBrEADVISE to give someone advice about something that they already know 班门弄斧,在行家面前卖弄 THESAURUSteach to give lessons in a school, college, or university 教书,教授I taught for a year in France. 我在法国教了一年书。
He teaches physics at York University. 他在约克大学教授物理。
lecture to teach in a college or university by giving talks to groups of students on a subject 〔在大学〕讲课He lectures in engineering at a local college. 他在一所地方大学教工程学。
instruct formal to teach someone how to do something, especially a particular practical skill 教〔尤指实用技能〕He was instructing them how to use the computer system. 他在教他们如何使用这套电脑系统。
Staff are instructed in how to respond in the event of a fire. 员工学习遇到火情时如何应对。
tutor to teach one student or a small group 教授〔一个或一小组学生〕I found work tutoring Mexican students in English. 我找了份教墨西哥学生英语的工作。
coach especially British EnglishBrE to give private lessons, especially so that someone can pass an important test 〔尤为使某人通过重要考试〕私人辅导He coaches students for their university entrance exams. 他辅导学生准备大学入学考试。
train to teach a person or group of people in the particular skills or knowledge they need to do a job 培训It will take at least a month to train the new assistant. 培训新助理至少要一个月。
educate to teach someone over a long period, usually at school or university 〔一般在学校〕教育,培养He was educated in England. 他是在英格兰受的教育。
Her parents want to educate her at home. 她父母想在家教她。
show somebody the ropes informal to show someone how to do a job or task that they have just started doing 教某人如何做某事Miss McGinley will show you the ropes and answer any questions you may have. 麦金利小姐会教你怎么做,并解答你的任何问题。