詞彙精選：instruct的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
命令，指示 [T]
例句：
In this case, you need to instruct DataStage to collect all information for each account.
在本例中，需要命令DataStage收集每個帳戶的所有信息。
例句：
Someone will come instantly, I'll instruct him to escort you out!
馬上會來人，我要命令他把您弄出去！
例句：
I will instruct him whether to come today or tomorrow.
我將通知他是今天來還是明天來。
例句：
The customer can [instruct] the computer to perform financial services.
顧客可指示計算機進行金融服務。
教授，指導 [T]
例句：
I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Yoda.
我以爲我可以和約達一樣指導他。
例句：
He instructed family members in nursing techniques.
他教給家人護理技巧。
通知 [T]
例句：
I will instruct him whether to come today or tomorrow.
我將通知他是今天來還是明天來。
例句：
I will instruct you when to start.
我會告訴你我們該何時動身。
【法律】聘請（律師）出庭 [T]
例句：
The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation.
那家人已經指示律師起訴湯姆森,要求賠償。
二、詞義辨析：
teach,instruct,educate,coach,train,tutor
這些動詞均含“教，教育，培養”之意。 teach最普通用詞，含義廣泛。指直接教某人知識或技能等，側重傳播知識和幫助應用知識。instruct與teach含義很接近，但語體較正式。指系統、詳細、精心地傳播知識，側重教授與指示。educate較正式用詞，指教育，內容比teach廣泛，側重動機或結果，或對潛在能力的開發。coach指對個人或小組等進行輔導、訓練或補課。train指訓練與培養。tutor指進行個別教學或課外輔導。
三、參考例句：
I will instruct you when to start.
我會告訴你我們該何時動身。
My job is to instruct her in English.
我的工作是教她英語。
The customer can instruct the computer to perform financial services.
顧客可指示計算機進行金融服務。
My job is to instruct you in arithmetic.
我的工作就是指導你學算術。
Please instruct me how to do my work.
請指導一下我如何工作。
I will instruct him whether to come today or tomorrow.
我將通知他是今天來還是明天來。
We should instruct the passengers what customs regulations are.
我們應該向乘客說明海關規則是什麼。
He doesn't instruct us where to go.
他沒指示我們到何處去。
College professors adopt different teaching modes to instruct their students.
大學裏的教師們運用多種教學方法給學生們授課。
I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Yoda.
我以爲我可以和約達一樣指導他。
