[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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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.
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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。
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con·ferAWL/kənˈfɜː(r); NAmEkənˈfɜːr/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。conferconfersconferredconferringcon·fer/kənˈfɜː(r); NAmEkənˈfɜːr/
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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 achievedSYN bestowconfer on/upon An honorary degree was conferred on him by the University.► see thesaurus at
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