英语单词 | confer |
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英美音标 | [kən'fə:(r)] |
中文释义 | vt.授予(称号、学位等),赠与,协议 v.协商,交换意见 |
vocab简明 | If you gab, chat, and talk it up with someone, you have conversation, but if you're looking for input from each other as you talk, you confer, or consult, together. They had a family meeting to confer about a schedule for sharing the new laptop. |
vocab扩展 | Many uses of the verb confer involve consulting with another person or as a group. Confer has a second use meaning "bestow," which means to award or hand over something. You can confer a medal on a winner or hero, or you can confer status through a promotion or assignment. Each year the teacher would confer the special honor of summer hamster-sitter on one responsible student. |
真题原句 | Here are a few guesses: a) certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills; b) winter-born babies tend to have higher oxygen capacity, which increases soccer stamina; c) soccer-mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime, at the annual peak of soccer mania; d) none of the above. |
柯林斯星级 | ★☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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 . [V [pl-n V]
2 [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 [V n] [FORMAL 正式]
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来源 | 2007.1 |
Tags: 单词::2007, 单词::阅读词库
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