teach

teach
(past and past participle taught )

[with obj. and infinitive or clause]show or explain to (someone) how to do something
教
she taught him to read.
她教他读书。
he taught me how to ride a bike.
他教我骑自行车。
■[with obj.]give information about or instruction in (a subject or skill)
教，讲授
he came one day each week to teach painting.
他每周来一天教绘画。
[with two objs]she teaches me French.
她教我法语。
■[no obj.]give such instruction professionally
教书，当教师
she teaches at the local high school.
她在当地中学当老师。
■[with obj.]encourage someone to accept (something) as a fact or principle
宣扬；提倡
the philosophy teaches self-control.
这种哲学提倡自我控制。
■[with obj. and clause]cause (someone) to learn or understand something
教会，使明白
she'd been taught that it paid to be passive.
教训告诉她，顺从人是划算的。
■induce (someone) by example or punishment to do or not to do something
训导
my upbringing taught me never to be disrespectful to elders.
尊老敬老是我从小所受的教育。
■(informal)make (someone) less inclined to do something
(非正式)（教训）告诫（某人）不要
‘I'll teach you to forget my tea,’ he said, and gave me six with his cane.
“看你还敢忘了我的茶，”说完，他打了我六杖。

noun

(informal)a teacher
(非正式)教师

常用词组
teach someone a lesson

见 lesson

teach school

(US)be a schoolteacher
(美)教书，当老师

语源

Old English tǣcan 'show, present, point out', of Germanic origin; related to token, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek deiknunai 'show', deigma 'sample'

用法

The verbs teach and learn do not have the same meaning and should not be used interchangeably: see usage at learn

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