teach
verb OPAL S
/tiːtʃ/
/tiːtʃ/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they teach | /tiːtʃ/ /tiːtʃ/ |
| he / she / it teaches | /ˈtiːtʃɪz/ /ˈtiːtʃɪz/ |
| past simple taught | /tɔːt/ /tɔːt/ |
| past participle taught | /tɔːt/ /tɔːt/ |
| -ing form teaching | /ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/ /ˈtiːtʃɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to give lessons to students in a school, college, university, etc.; to help somebody learn something by giving information about it
教（课程）；讲授；教授 - She teaches at our local school.
她在我们当地的学校任教。 - He taught for several years before becoming a writer.
他教了几年书之后成为作家。 - teach something I'll be teaching history and sociology next term.
下学期我教历史和社会学。 - to teach yoga classes
教授瑜伽课程 - (North American English) to teach school (= teach in a school)
在学校教书 - teach something to somebody He teaches English to advanced students.
他教高年级学生英语。 - teach somebody something He teaches them English.
他教他们英语。 - teach somebody My wife teaches undergraduate students.
我的妻子教本科生。 - teach somebody about something Schools should teach children about healthy eating.
学校应该教孩子们健康饮食。
Vocabulary Building Teach and teachersTeach and teachersVerbs- teach
- John teaches French at the local school.
约翰在当地学校教法语。 - She taught me how to change a tyre.
她教会了我换轮胎。
- John teaches French at the local school.
- educate
- Our priority is to educate people about the dangers of drugs.
我们首先要做的是教育人们认识毒品的危害。
- Our priority is to educate people about the dangers of drugs.
- instruct
- Members of staff should be instructed in the use of fire equipment.
应该指导全体职员学会使用消防设备。
- Members of staff should be instructed in the use of fire equipment.
- train
- She’s a trained midwife.
她是受过专门训练的助产士。 - He’s training the British Olympic swimming team.
他在训练英国的奥运游泳队。
- She’s a trained midwife.
- coach
- He’s the best football player I’ve ever coached.
他是我训练过的最出色的足球运动员。 - (British English) She coaches some of the local children in maths.
她给当地一些孩子辅导数学。
- He’s the best football player I’ve ever coached.
- tutor
- (North American English) She tutors some of the local children in math.
她给当地一些孩子辅导数学。
- (North American English) She tutors some of the local children in math.
- teacher
- school/college teachers
学校／大学教师
- school/college teachers
- instructor
- a swimming/science instructor
游泳教练；自然科学教员
- a swimming/science instructor
- trainer
- a horse trainer
驯马师 - Do you have a personal trainer?
你有私人教练吗？
- a horse trainer
- coach
- a football coach
足球教练
- a football coach
- tutor
- tutors working with migrant children
教移民孩子的家庭教师
- tutors working with migrant children
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa1- information which helps the teacher teach more effectively
有助于教师提高授课效果的信息 - I am not qualified to teach this subject.
我没有资格教这门课。 - training courses designed to teach managerial techniques
为教授管理技巧而设置的培训课程 - the languages that are commonly taught in schools today
如今学校里通常教的那些语言 - teaching children about the world around them
教孩子认识周围的世界
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- well
- commonly
- …
- try to
- be qualified to
- be designed to
- …
- about
- to
- She teaches at our local school.
- [transitive] to show somebody how to do something so that they will be able to do it themselves
教；训练 - teach somebody to do something Could you teach me to do that?
你能教我干那活儿吗？ - I'm trying to teach my daughter to behave.
我努力教女儿举止得体。 - teach somebody how, what, etc… My father taught me how to ride a bike.
我父亲教会了我骑自行车。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- well
- commonly
- …
- try to
- be qualified to
- be designed to
- …
- about
- to
- teach somebody to do something Could you teach me to do that?
- [transitive] to make somebody feel or think in a different way
教育；教导；使懂得（情理） - teach somebody to do something She taught me to be less critical of other people.
她教育我不要太苛求于人。 - teach somebody that… My parents taught me that honesty was always the best policy.
我父母教导我，诚实永远是处世的最佳原则。 - teach that… The book teaches that we shouldn't be afraid of change.
这本书告诉我们，我们不应该害怕改变。 - teach somebody something Our experience as refugees taught us many valuable lessons.
我们流亡的经历给了我们许多宝贵的教训。
- teach somebody to do something She taught me to be less critical of other people.
- [transitive, no passive] (informal) to persuade somebody not to do something again by making them suffer so much that they are afraid to do it
使引以为戒；惩戒 - teach somebody to do something Lost all your money? That'll teach you to gamble.
你把钱都输光了？这是赌博给你的教训。 - I'll teach you to call (= punish you for calling) me a liar!
你要说我撒谎，我就对你不客气！ - teach somebody something The accident taught me a lesson I'll never forget.
那事故给我的教训我永远也不会忘记。
More Like This Verbs with two objectsVerbs with two objects- bet
- bring
- build
- buy
- cost
- get
- give
- leave
- lend
- make
- offer
- owe
- pass
- pay
- play
- post
- promise
- read
- refuse
- sell
- send
- show
- sing
- take
- teach
- tell
- throw
- wish
- write
- teach somebody to do something Lost all your money? That'll teach you to gamble.
Word OriginOld English tǣcan ‘show, present, point out’, of Germanic origin; related to token, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek deiknunai ‘show’, deigma ‘sample’.
Idioms
teach your grandmother to suck eggs
- (British English, informal) to tell or show somebody how to do something that they can already do well, and probably better than you can
教奶奶嘬鸡蛋；在能人面前逞强；班门弄斧
(you can’t) teach an old dog new tricks
- (saying) (you cannot) successfully make people change their ideas, methods of work, etc., when they have had them for a long time
老大（不）可教；（无法）改变人们长时间形成的思想（或做事方法等）
teach to the test
- to teach students only what is necessary in order to pass a particular test, rather than help them develop a range of skills
应试教育；为考试而教学