一、详细释义：
v.
命令，指示 [T]
例句：
In this case, you need to instruct DataStage to collect all information for each account.
在本例中，需要命令DataStage收集每个帐户的所有信息。
例句：
Someone will come instantly, I'll instruct him to escort you out!
马上会来人，我要命令他把您弄出去！
例句：
I will instruct him whether to come today or tomorrow.
我将通知他是今天来还是明天来。
例句：
The customer can [instruct] the computer to perform financial services.
顾客可指示计算机进行金融服务。
教授，指导 [T]
例句：
I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Yoda.
我以为我可以和约达一样指导他。
例句：
He instructed family members in nursing techniques.
他教给家人护理技巧。
通知 [T]
例句：
I will instruct him whether to come today or tomorrow.
我将通知他是今天来还是明天来。
例句：
I will instruct you when to start.
我会告诉你我们该何时动身。
【法律】聘请（律师）出庭 [T]
例句：
The family has instructed solicitors to sue Thomson for compensation.
那家人已经指示律师起诉汤姆森,要求赔偿。
二、词义辨析：
teach,instruct,educate,coach,train,tutor
这些动词均含“教，教育，培养”之意。 teach最普通用词，含义广泛。指直接教某人知识或技能等，侧重传播知识和帮助应用知识。 instruct与teach含义很接近，但语体较正式。指系统、详细、精心地传播知识，侧重教授与指示。 educate较正式用词，指教育，内容比teach广泛，侧重动机或结果，或对潜在能力的开发。 coach指对个人或小组等进行辅导、训练或补课。 train指训练与培养。 tutor指进行个别教学或课外辅导。
三、参考例句：
I will instruct you when to start.
我会告诉你我们该何时动身。
My job is to instruct her in English.
我的工作是教她英语。
The customer can instruct the computer to perform financial services.
顾客可指示计算机进行金融服务。
My job is to instruct you in arithmetic.
我的工作就是指导你学算术。
Please instruct me how to do my work.
请指导一下我如何工作。
I will instruct him whether to come today or tomorrow.
我将通知他是今天来还是明天来。
We should instruct the passengers what customs regulations are.
我们应该向乘客说明海关规则是什么。
He doesn't instruct us where to go.
他没指示我们到何处去。
College professors adopt different teaching modes to instruct their students.
大学里的教师们运用多种教学方法给学生们授课。
I thought that I could instruct him just as well as Yoda.
我以为我可以和约达一样指导他。