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Confer Conferred Discuss   [V N Red Give Honorary

Confer (verb) means to discuss something with someone to make a decision or to officially give someone a title, power, or honor.

confer (v.) - 与某人商谈或交换意见以作决定;授予(头衔、权力或荣誉)给某人。

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[V-RECIP 相互动词]商谈;商议;交换意见 When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer .
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  [pl-n V]
  • He conferred with Hill and the others in his office...

    他与希尔及其他人在办公室里商议了一番。

  • His doctors conferred by telephone and agreed that he must get away from his family for a time.

    诊治他的几位医生在电话里讨论了一番,一致认为他必须离开家人一段时间。

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[VERB 动词]授予,赋予(权力、荣誉等) To confer something such as power or an honour on someone means to give it to them.
  [V n on n]
  [V n]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states...

    宪法还赋予巴西的25个成员州很大的权力。

  • An honorary doctorate of law was conferred on him by Newcastle University in 1976...

    1976年,纽卡斯尔大学授予他荣誉法学博士学位。

  • Never imagine that rank confers genuine authority.

    绝对不要幻想那个头衔会有实权。


Oxford con·fer AWL / kənˈfɜː(r) ; NAmE kənˈfɜːr / verb ( -rr- ) ( formal) 1 [intransitive ] confer(with sb) (on/about sth) to discuss sth with sb, in order to exchange opinions or get advice 商讨;协商;交换意见 He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a decision. 他想与他的同事先商议一下再作出决定。 2 [transitive ] confersth (on/upon sb) to give sb an award, a university degree or a particular honour or right 授予,颁发(奖项、学位、荣誉或权利) An honorary degree was conferred on him by Oxford University in 2009. 牛津大学于 2009 年授予他荣誉学位。 confer confers conferred conferring con·fer / kənˈfɜː(r) ; NAmE kənˈfɜːr /
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confercon‧fer /kənˈfɜː $ -ˈfɜːr/ ●○○ AWL verb (past tense and past participle conferred, present participle conferring) formal
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1[intransitive] to discuss something with other people, so that everyone can express their opinions and decide on somethingconfer with Franklin leant over and conferred with his attorneys.2confer a title/degree/honour etc to officially give someone a title etc, especially as a reward for something they have achieved SYN  bestowconfer on/upon An honorary degree was conferred on him by the University. see thesaurus at
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conferment noun [countable, uncountable]
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confer

[kənˈfɜ:(r)]conferred, conferring, confers

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conferred[351] conferring[259]
商讨(100%)
vt.授予;给予
vi.协商
n.(Confer)人名;(英)康弗

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