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confer

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vt.授予(称号、学位等),赠与,把...赠与,协议 v.协商,交换意见

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confer为六级词汇   词频:5021

词形变化:

动词过去式:conferred 过去分词:conferred 现在分词:conferring 第三人称单数:confers 形容词:conferrable 名词:conferment

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com-=together,with,wholly 变化型 co-,col-,comb-,con-,cor-,coun-

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consult  discuss  talk-over    

confer


/kən'fɜ:(r); kən`fɝ/
v (-rr-)
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (with sb) (on/about sth) have discussions (esp in order to exchange opinions or get advice) 讨论; 探讨; 商谈; 商议; 协商; 请教
*She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision. 她先去请教顾问然後再来宣布决定.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (on sb) give or grant (a degree or title) to sb 授予某人(学位或头衔)
*The Queen conferred knighthoods on several distinguished men. 女王将爵士头衔授予几位杰出人士.
* (fig 比喻) He behaves as if high rank automatically confers the right to be obeyed. 他的表现好像是身居高位就自然有权使人俯首听命.

confer


v past tense and past participleconferredpresent participleconferring
formal
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: conferre 'to bring together', from com- ( COM-) + ferre 'to carry']
[I]
to discuss something with other people, so that everyone can express their opinions and decide on something
confer with
 Franklin leant over and conferred with his attorneys.
confer a title/degree/honour etc
to officially give someone a title etc, especially as a reward for something they have achieved
confer a title/degree/honour etc on/upon
 An honorary degree was conferred on him by the University.
>confermentn [U and C]
1. I´ll confer with the manager about your suggestion.
    我将把你的建议和经理磋商。

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