educate

英 ['edjʊkeɪt] 美['ɛdʒuket]

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第三人称单数: educates;过去式: educated;过去分词: educated;现在分词: educating;

1. 导师，精神导师、心灵导师等等各种导师。

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.: 露丝的父母选择了在家对她进行集中教育。

3. The television programme is designed to educate and not merely to entertain.: 这个电视节目不仅是为了娱乐而且是为了教育而设计的.