teach /tiːtʃ/ ●●● S1 W2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp taught /tɔːt $ tɒːt/)1 school/college etc 中小學/大學等 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TEACH to give lessons in a school, college, or university, or to help someone learn about something by giving them information 教書;教授,講授 → learnteach atNeil teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London. 尼爾在倫敦吉爾德霍爾音樂學校教書。
teach (somebody) English/mathematics/history etcHe taught geography at the local secondary school. 他在當地中學教授地理。
teach somebody (something) about somethingWe were never taught anything about other religions. 我們從未接受過其他宗教的教育。
teach something to somebodyI’m teaching English to Italian students. 我在給意大利學生上英語課。
teach school/college etc American EnglishAmE (=teach in a school etc) 教中小學/大學等
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 somethingMy father taught me to swim. 父親教我遊泳。
different methods of teaching children how to read 教兒童識字的不同方法
teach somebody somethingCan you teach me one of your card tricks? 你能教我一種紙牌戲法嗎?
3 change SB’s ideas 改變某人的想法 [transitiveT]TEACH to show or tell someone how they should behave or what they should think 教導,教育teach somebody to do somethingWhen I was young, we were taught to treat older people with respect. 我小的時候,我們受的教育是要尊敬老人。
teach somebody somethingNo one ever taught him the difference between right and wrong. 從未有人教過他分辨是非。
teach somebody thatHe taught me that the easy option isn’t always the best one. 他讓我明白了簡便的選擇並非總是最好。
4 experience shows STH 經驗說明某事 [transitiveT]SHOW/BE A SIGN OF if an experience or situation teaches you something, it helps you to understand something about life 〔經驗或形勢〕使〔某人〕明白teach somebody to do somethingExperience has taught me to avoid certain areas of the city. 經驗告訴我要避開城裏的某些區域。
teach somebody thatIt’s certainly taught me that work and money aren’t the most important things in life. 這件事無疑告訴我工作和金錢不是生活中最重要的東西。
5 that’ll teach you (to do something) spokenDESERVE used when something unpleasant has just happened to someone because they acted stupidly 這是(做某事)給你的教訓That’ll teach you to be late! 叫你遲到!
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 給某人一個教訓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 老狗學不會新把戲,老人很難接受新事物
8. teach your grandmother (to suck eggs) British EnglishBrEADVISE to give someone advice about something that they already know 班門弄斧,在行家面前賣弄 THESAURUSteach to give lessons in a school, college, or university 教書,教授I taught for a year in France. 我在法國教了一年書。
He teaches physics at York University. 他在約克大學教授物理。
lecture to teach in a college or university by giving talks to groups of students on a subject 〔在大學〕講課He lectures in engineering at a local college. 他在一所地方大學教工程學。
instruct formal to teach someone how to do something, especially a particular practical skill 教〔尤指實用技能〕He was instructing them how to use the computer system. 他在教他們如何使用這套電腦系統。
Staff are instructed in how to respond in the event of a fire. 員工學習遇到火情時如何應對。
tutor to teach one student or a small group 教授〔一個或一小組學生〕I found work tutoring Mexican students in English. 我找了份教墨西哥學生英語的工作。
coach especially British EnglishBrE to give private lessons, especially so that someone can pass an important test 〔尤爲使某人通過重要考試〕私人輔導He coaches students for their university entrance exams. 他輔導學生準備大學入學考試。
train to teach a person or group of people in the particular skills or knowledge they need to do a job 培訓It will take at least a month to train the new assistant. 培訓新助理至少要一個月。
educate to teach someone over a long period, usually at school or university 〔一般在學校〕教育,培養He was educated in England. 他是在英格蘭受的教育。
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. 麥金利小姐會教你怎麽做,並解答你的任何問題。