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[VERB 动词]教育，教(尤指儿童) When someone, especially a child,
is educated, he or she is taught at a school or college.
He was educated at Haslingden Grammar School.
他在哈斯灵登文法学校读书。
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[VERB 动词]教导；培养 To
educate people means to teach them better ways of doing something or a better way of living.
Drinkwise Day is mainly designed to educate people about the destructive effects of alcohol abuse.
设置“理智饮酒日”的主要目的是让人们了解酗酒的恶果。
Usage Note :
Note that you do not use educate or education to talk about the way parents look after their children and teach them about good behaviour and life in general. Instead, you should use the verb bring up or the noun upbringing. His parents brought him up to be polite and courteous.
谈论父母对子女的抚养，教导他们形成良好的行为习惯以及如何为人处事时不用 educate 或 education，而应用动词 bring up 或名词upbringing。例如，His parents brought him up to be polite and courteous（他的父母教导他要礼貌谦恭）。