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Educate Educated Teach Sb Verb ˈedʒukeɪt School Parents

The flashcard defines "educate" as teaching, usually in a formal setting like school or college. It also means to teach better living or practices, with a note to use "bring up" for parental upbringing.

The flashcard defines "educate" primarily as teaching someone, especially a child, at a school or college. It also means to teach people better ways of doing things or living, and advises against using "educate" for parental upbringing, recommending "bring up" instead.

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/e̱ʤʊkeɪt/
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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.
  [be V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • 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.
  [V n]
  • 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)。


Oxford edu·cate / ˈedʒukeɪt ; NAmE ˈedʒukeɪt / verb 1 [often passive ] educatesb to teach sb over a period of time at a school, university, etc. (在学校)教育 She was educated in the US. 她是在美国受教育的。 He was educated at his local comprehensive school and then at Oxford. 他先在地方综合学校上学,然后在牛津大学接受教育。 2 to teach sb about sth or how to do sth 教导;教养;训练 educatesb (in/on sth) Children need to be educated on the dangers of drug-taking. 有必要教导儿童吸毒的危害。 educatesb to do sth The campaign is intended to educate the public to respect the environment. 这一运动旨在教育公众爱护环境。 educate educates educated educating edu·cate / ˈedʒukeɪt ; NAmE ˈedʒukeɪt /
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educateed‧u‧cate /ˈedjʊkeɪt $ ˈedʒə-/ ●●○ verb [transitive]
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1to teach a child at a school, college, or university:  The Ormerod School educates handicapped children.be educated at something He was educated at Bristol University.GRAMMAR Educate is often passive in this meaning. see thesaurus at
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2to give someone information about a particular subject, or to show them a better way to do somethingteacheducate somebody about/in/on something a campaign to educate teenagers about HIV
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[ˈedʒukeɪt]educated, educating, educates

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educated[6964] educating[605]
教育(81%),培养(14%),训练(5%)
vt.教育;培养;训练
vi.教育;训练

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