confer
confer
英[kənˈfɜː(r)]美[kənˈfɜːr]
v.授予，赋予，商议；
第三人称单数：confers;
过去式：conferred;
过去分词：conferred;
现在分词：conferring;
例句
They often confer together.他们经常在一起协商。
Jogging will confer striking benefits.慢跑会带来明显益处。
If you confer a benefit, never remember it; if you receive one, remember it always.施恩勿记，受恩勿忘。出自：英语谚语
The invention will confer a benefit on all invalids.这项发明将有助于所有的残疾人.
He withdrew to confer with his teacher before announcing a decision.他先去请教他的老师然后再宣布决定.
She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision.她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定.
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。
英语六级真题
Why does the author deem it inappropriate for Harvard to confer an honorary degree on Oprah Winfrey?
出自-2014年6月阅读原文Honorary degrees are often conferred on non-academic leaders in the arts,business,and politics.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文Even Intel experimented in 2007 with conferring four uninterrupted hours of quiet time (no phone or e-mail) every Tuesday morning on 300 engineers and managers.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
V-RECIP
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 .
例句
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。VERB
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.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
vi.
〈拉〉商谈, 商议
She withdrew to confer with her advisers before announcing a decision.她先去请教顾问然后再宣布决定。vt.
授予, 赋予（奖项、学位、荣誉或权利）
Jogging will confer striking benefits.慢跑会带来明显益处。英英词典释义
Verb
1. have a conference in order to talk something over;
"We conferred about a plan of action"2. present;
"The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated""bestow an honor on someone"Adverb
1. compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
行业词典
体育： 比较；对照；参看；
法律： 商议；商同；谈判；
