v.教；命令；指導(dǎo)；[計(jì)] 指示

His uncle instructed him in French. 他的叔叔教他法語。

Don't instruct your secretary to say you are out when you are in. 不要教你的秘書在你在的時(shí)候說不在。

It does not pertain to the young to instruct their elders. 年輕人不應(yīng)該對(duì)老年人發(fā)號(hào)施令。

Please instruct me how to do my work. 請(qǐng)指導(dǎo)一下我如何工作。

The customer can instruct the computer to perform financial services. 顧客可指示計(jì)算機(jī)進(jìn)行金融服務(wù)。

instruct的基本意思是“命令,指示”,多指上級(jí)對(duì)下級(jí)發(fā)號(hào)施令,也可指“教,講授”,引申可指“通知”。

instruct多接指人的名詞或代詞作賓語,作“通知”解時(shí)還可接雙賓語,其直接賓語可由that從句充當(dāng)。instruct還可接以帶或不帶疑問詞的動(dòng)詞不定式或wh-從句充當(dāng)補(bǔ)足語的復(fù)合賓語。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。