If you instil an idea or feeling in someone, especially over a period of time, you make them think it or feel it.
例句
They hope that their work will instil a sense of responsibility in children...他們希望自己的工作能夠逐步培養起孩子們的一種責任感。The motive of the executions would be to instil fear.執行死刑的動機是要灌輸恐懼。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition