verb

confer

商议, 协商, 授予, 赋予

The lawyers will confer with the judge.

律师们将与法官商议。

The university conferred an honorary degree on him.

这所大学授予他荣誉学位。

((with sb.)) 与(某人)商议 The lawyers will confer with the judge.

((sth.)) ((on/upon sb.)) 授予(某人某物) The university conferred a degree on him.

同义词: (商议) consult, deliberate; (授予) grant, award

源自拉丁语 'conferre',意为“汇集”,由 'con-' (共同) + 'ferre' (带来,携带) 组成。

“conference” (会议) 是人们 “confer” (商议) 的地方。另外,可以想象将一枚奖章“带给”某人,从而记住“授予”的意思。

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