teach /tiːtʃ/ CET4 TEM4 ( teaching, taught, teaches )

• 1. 

  V-T If you teach someone something, you give them instructions so that they know about it or how to do it. 教

  例：

  She taught me fractions and counting.

  他教我分数和计算。

  例：

  George had taught him how to ride a horse.

  乔治曾教过他骑马。

• 2. 

  V-T To teach someone something means to make them think, feel, or act in a new or different way. 教导

  例：

  Their daughter's death had taught him humility.

  他们女儿的死使他懂得了做人要谦逊。

  例：

  He taught his followers that they could all be members of the kingdom of God.

  他教导他的信徒说他们都会成为天国的成员。

• 3. 

  V-T/V-I If you teach or teach a subject, you help students to learn about it by explaining it or showing them how to do it, usually as a job at a school or college. 教 (某一科目); 教书

  例：

  Ingrid is currently teaching mathematics at the high school.

  英格丽德目前在那所中学教数学。

  例：

  She taught English to Japanese business people.

  她教日本商人英语。

  例：

  She has taught for 34 years.

  她教书已有34年。

• 4. 

  → see also teaching

• 5. 

  to teach someone a lesson →see lesson