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instill

🇬🇧 UK/ɪn'stɪl/🇺🇸 US/in'stil/
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Definitions

v.

To gradually introduce a feeling, idea, or quality into someone's mind; to pour liquid in drop by drop

灌输(思想、品质等);逐渐培养;滴入

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
innot, opposite of
+
stillto drip, to filter, to purify by distillation
+
lconnector
=instill

Common Collocations

  • 1.instill in灌输给
  • 2.instill values灌输价值观
  • 3.instill confidence建立信心

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Good teachers instill in students a love of learning and intellectual curiosity.

  • 2.

    Parents gradually instill values and moral principles into their children through example.

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