drill something into somebody phrasal verbphr v TELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingto keep telling someone something until they know it very well 向〔某人〕灌输〔某事〕 Mother had drilled it into me not to talk to strangers. 妈妈和我反复讲过不要和陌生人说话。
drill into • If we drill a borehole into the aquifer the groundwater will be under sufficient pressure to overflow from the borehole.• Out of these ad hoc sessions came a bold plan to drill a hole into the earth.• They just drill it into the zone.
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