instruct多接指人的`名词或代词作宾语,作“通知”解时还可接双宾语,其直接宾语可由that从句充当。instruct还可接以带或不带疑问词的动词不定式或wh-从句充当补足语的复合宾语。可用于被动结构。
例句：
His uncle instructed him in French.
他的叔叔教他法语。
Don't instruct your secretary to say you are out when you are in.
不要教你的秘书在你在的时候说不在。
It does not pertain to the young to instruct their elders.
年轻人不应该对老年人发号施令。