instill

英 [ɪnˈstɪl]

美 [ɪnˈstɪl]

v.  浸染；逐渐灌输；滴注（入，下）

第三人称单数：instills　现在分词：instilling　过去式：instilled　过去分词：instilled　

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BNC.34201 / COCA.12013

英英释义

verb

• fill, as with a certain quality
  1. The heavy traffic tinctures the air with carbon monoxide
  Synonym:impregnateinfusetincture
• teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions
  1. inculcate values into the young generation
  Synonym:inculcateinfuse
• produce or try to produce a vivid impression of
  1. Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us
  Synonym:impressingrain
• enter drop by drop
  1. instill medication into my eye
  Synonym:instil
• impart gradually
  1. Her presence instilled faith into the children
  2. transfuse love of music into the students
  Synonym:transfuse

双语例句

• And where will people come from that, if they all follow the psychology of fear and? self-interest that Hobbes wants to instill in us?
  如果都按霍布斯灌输给我们的那样想，时刻保持着恐惧和利己的心态，那又从哪招募那些消防员，警察和军人呢？
• They tried to instill such new ideas into students'minds.
  他们努力将这些新观念灌输到学生的头脑中去。
• To instill courage or life into; animate.
  鼓舞注入勇气或生命；使充满活力。
• He wanted to instill in young Americans a sense of mutual political commitment that crossed ethnic and class boundaries.
  他想超越种族与阶级界限，给美国年轻人灌输一种共同的政治责任感。
• It is to improve and develop our socialist system, instill vitality into socialism and build Chinese-style socialism.
  就是要推动我国社会主义制度自我完善和发展，赋予社会主义新的生机活力，建设和发展有中国特色社会主义；
• You strengthen your own ego by helping other people to develop theirs, and you instill confidence and self-worth in those around you through your magnetism and dignity.
  你用帮助他人发展来强化自己的自尊，你通过你的个人魅力和尊严向周围的人灌输信心和个人价值。
• The study of law will instill in the law student a critical method of analyzing facts and situations.
  对法律的研习会给法律专业的学生灌输一种分析事实和情况的判断方法。
• He won't instill fear in opponents. He's not passionate enough.
  他不愿直面队友，他无法使对手感到恐惧，他不够激情。
• My kids are6 and8, and I often feel that now is the time to instill my values in them, before they are teens ( or pre-teens) and peer pressure takes over.
  我有两个孩子，分别是6岁和8岁，我常常觉得现在是时候向他们灌输我的价值观了，要赶在他们长到十几岁之前。
• Celebrating individual accomplishment could not only invigorate our employee morale, but also instill work with meaning and joy.
  庆祝个人的成就不仅能够鼓舞员工的士气，而且为员工灌输工作的意义与乐趣。