词汇精选：educate的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

v.

教育，培养，训练 [I,T]

例句：

It takes patience to educate children.

教育儿童须要耐心。

例句：

Teachers educate students to protect themselves.

老师训练学生自我保护。

二、词义辨析：

teach,instruct,educate,coach,train,tutor

这些动词均含“教，教育，培养”之意。 teach最普通用词，含义广泛。指直接教某人知识或技能等，侧重传播知识和帮助应用知识。instruct与teach含义很接近，但语体较正式。指系统、详细、精心地传播知识，侧重教授与指示。educate较正式用词，指教育，内容比teach广泛，侧重动机或结果，或对潜在能力的开发。coach指对个人或小组等进行辅导、训练或补课。train指训练与培养。tutor指进行个别教学或课外辅导。

三、参考例句：

An educator must first educate himself.

教育者必须自己先受教育。

It takes patience to educate children.

教育儿童须要耐心。

It is not easy to educate teenagers.

教育青少年不是件容易的事。

Teachers educate students to protect themselves.

老师训练学生自我保护。

It takes patience to educate children.

教育儿童须要耐心。

You should educate your children to behave well.

你应该教育你的孩子们守规矩。

You should educate your children to mind their manners.

你应该教育孩子注意行为举止。

Ruth's parents opted to educate her intensively at home.

露丝的父母选择了在家对她进行集中教育。

PSAs are often meant to educate people about health.

公益广告的目的常常是教育人们有关健康的知识。

She tried to educate her son's taste in music.

她试图培养她儿子对音乐的爱好。