educate

英 ['edj?ke?t] 美['?d?uket]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?educates;過去式:?educated;過去分詞:?educated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?educating;

1. 導師，精神導師、心靈導師等等各種導師。

educate: educate: [15] To educate people is literally to ‘lead them out’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin ēducāre, which meant ‘bring up, rear’ as well as more specifically ‘educate’. It was related to ēdūcere ‘lead out’ (source of English educe [15]), a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- ‘out’ and dūcere ‘lead’ (source of English duct, duke, and a whole host of derivatives such as deduce and seduce).
=> conduct, deduce, duct, duke, educe, produce, seduce
educate (v.): mid-15c., "bring up (children), to train," from Latin educatus, past participle of educare "bring up, rear, educate" (source also of Italian educare, Spanish educar, French éduquer), which is a frequentative of or otherwise related to educere "bring out, lead forth," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + ducere "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Meaning "provide schooling" is first attested 1580s. Related: Educated; educating.

According to "Century Dictionary," educere, of a child, is "usually with reference to bodily nurture or support, while educare refers more frequently to the mind," and, "There is no authority for the common statement that the primary sense of education is to 'draw out or unfold the powers of the mind.'"

1. Ruth's parents opted to educate her intensively at home.: 露絲的父母選擇了在家對她進行集中教育。

3. The television programme is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.: 這個電視節(jié)目不僅是為了娛樂而且是為了教育而設計的.