educate [ˈedʒukeɪt] 词根:duc = to lead 引导 单词:educate = e + duc + ate 解析:e(ex) = out of 从……出来,ate v. 动词尾缀 = to lead out of (the ignorant state) 从无知状态引导出来 释义:教养,教育 举个例子:He has been well educated. 例子释义:他收到了良好的教育。 拓展: cultivate 的含义是栽培,培养,也可以有教育的引申义,辨析就是cultivate是指在基础教育的基础上对某一方面的定向深化,eg. cultivate the ability of analysis. 而educate不细化某一方面而是笼统的全面的教育,意在强调一种使无知变得开化的一种状态,普遍指基础教育。