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indoctrinate

🇬🇧 UK/in'dɒktrineit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To teach someone to accept a set of beliefs uncritically, often through repeated instruction; to brainwash.

向…灌输思想，对…进行洗脑

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
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doctrinroot
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ateto make, having
=indoctrinate

Common Collocations

  • 1.indoctrinate with灌输...
  • 2.indoctrinate into使...信奉

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The cult attempted to indoctrinate new members with extreme beliefs.

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