teach
verb
tiːtʃ verb
1
SCHOOL/COLLEGE ETC
中小学/大学等
to give lessons in a school, college, or university, or to help someone learn about something by giving them information 教书; 教授，讲授; I,T | AmE
[+ at ]
Neil teaches at the Guildhall School of Music in London.
尼尔在伦敦吉尔德霍尔音乐学校教书。
teach (sb) English/mathematics/history etc
He taught geography at the local secondary school.
他在当地中学教授地理。
teach sb (sth) about sth
We were never taught anything about other religions.
我们从未接受过其他宗教的教育。
teach sth to sb
I’m teaching English to Italian students.
我在教一些意大利学生英语。
teach school/college etc
2
SHOW SB HOW
教某人如何做
to show someone how to do something 教 T
teach sb (how) to do sth
My father taught me to swim.
父亲教我游泳。
different methods of teaching children how to read
教儿童识字的不同方法
teach sb sth
Can you teach me one of your card tricks?
你能教我一种纸牌戏法吗？
3
CHANGE SB’S IDEAS
改变某人的想法
to show or tell someone how they should behave or what they should think 教导，教育 T
teach sb to do sth
When I was young, we were taught to treat older people with respect.
我小的时候，我们受的教育是要尊敬老人。
teach sb sth
No one ever taught him the difference between right and wrong.
从未有人教过他分辨是非。
teach sb that
He taught me that the easy option isn’t always the best one.
他让我明白了简便的办法并不一定总是最好的。
4
EXPERIENCE SHOWS STH
经验说明某事
if an experience or situation teaches you something, it helps you to understand something about life 〔经验〕使〔某人〕明白 T
teach sb to do sth
Experience has taught me to avoid certain areas of the city.
经验告诉我要避开城里的某些区域。
teach sb that
It’s certainly taught me that work and money aren’t the most important things in life.
这件事无疑告诉我工作和金钱不是生活中最重要的东西。
5
that’ll teach you (to do sth)
used when something unpleasant has just happened to someone because they acted stupidly [口] 这是（做某事）给你的教训 spoken
That’ll teach you to be late!
叫你迟到！
6
teach sb a lesson
if someone or something teaches you a lesson, you are punished for something you have done, so that you will not want to do it again [非正式] 给某人一个教训 informal
7
you can’t teach an old dog new tricks
used to say that older people often do not want to change the way they do things 老狗学不会新把戏，老人很难接受新事物
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teach your grandmother (to suck eggs)
to give someone advice about something that they already know [英] 班门弄斧 BrE