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...他们希望自己的工作能够逐步培养起孩子们的一种责任感。The motive of the executions would be to instil fear.执行死刑的动机是要灌输恐惧。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition