confer
confer 英 [kənˈfɜ:(r)] 美 [kənˈfɚ]
v. 协商；颁发
进行时:conferring 过去式:conferred 过去分词:conferred 第三人称单数:confers
- 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.
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- v. 协商；颁发
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1. 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。
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2. 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 (v.) 1530s, "examine by comparison;" 1540s (intransitive) "consult together on some special subject;" 1560s, "bestow as a gift or permanent possession," from Old French conférer (14c.) "to give; to converse; to compare," from Latin conferre "to bring together," figuratively "to compare; consult, deliberate, talk over," from assimilated form of com "together" (see con-) + ferre "to bear, carry," from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry," also "to bear children."
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