v.教;命令;指导;[计] 指示
His uncle instructed him in French. 他的叔叔教他法语。
Don't instruct your secretary to say you are out when you are in. 不要教你的秘书在你在的时候说不在。
It does not pertain to the young to instruct their elders. 年轻人不应该对老年人发号施令。
Please instruct me how to do my work. 请指导一下我如何工作。
The customer can instruct the computer to perform financial services. 顾客可指示计算机进行金融服务。
instruct的基本意思是“命令,指示”,多指上级对下级发号施令,也可指“教,讲授”,引申可指“通知”。
instruct多接指人的名词或代词作宾语,作“通知”解时还可接双宾语,其直接宾语可由that从句充当。instruct还可接以带或不带疑问词的动词不定式或wh-从句充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。