confer

英 [kən'fɜː(r)] 美 [kən'fɜːr]

• v. 商讨；授予，赐予

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 商谈,商议

   consult or discuss

2. vt. 授予,赋予

   give or grant (a degree, title, favor)

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 授予
2. 谈判
3. 对照
4. 参看
5. 授与
6. 颁与
7. 授给
8. 封
9. 赐
10. 施
11. 提供
12. 使…具有
13. 赋予
14. 比较
15. 给予
16. 商谈
17. 协商
18. 交换意见
19. 商议
20. 授于
21. 赐与
22. 讨论
23. 商讨
24. 赠予

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. I must confer with my lawyer before I decide.
   我必须先同我的律师商量一下才能做出决定。
2. I will confer with him on the subject.
   我将和他商议这件事。
3. The Queen conferred knighthood on several distinguished men.
   女王将爵士头衔授予几位杰出人士。
4. The university confers master degree on her.
   学校授予她硕士学位。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. Jogging will confer striking benefits.
   慢跑会带来明显益处。

经典引文

• Confer fair Milan With all the honours on my brother.

  出自：Tempest , Shakespeare

• The character conferred on the scene by a cold spring rain.

  出自： H. James

• The Rent Acts confer powers to interfere in contractual bargaining.

  出自： R. Scruton

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

confer on〔upon〕 (v.+prep.)

授予give (an honor) to sb formally
confer sth on〔upon〕 sb
The university conferred its highest degree on the statesman.

该大学将其最高学位授予了这位政治家。
Diplomas were conferred on〔upon〕 members of the graduating class.

给毕业班的学生颁发了毕业文凭。

confer with (v.+prep.)

和…商谈 have a talk with sb
confer with sb
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。
The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.

教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• confer a certificate 授予证书
• confer a commission 授予军衔

～+介词

• confer by 由…授予
• confer an award on sb 授予某人奖品
• confer with sb 和…商议

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. confer用作不及物动词时意思是“商谈,商议”,后接介词on或about表示“就…商谈”; 后接介词with表示“和…商谈”。
2. confer也可作“授予,赋予”解,是及物动词,宾语后常接介词on〔upon〕表示“授予某人…”。confer引申可作“带来”解。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

confer, award, give, grant, present

• 这组词都有“给予”的意思。其区别是：
• give是最普通用语。present较正式,指以一定的形式或程序赠给,并暗示所给的物有一定的价值。例如:
• When Mr. Brown left the firm, the director presented a gold watch to him.布朗先生离开这家公司时,董事长送给他一只金表。
• grant指依照对方的希望或要求给予,有权者以正式手续给予。例如:
• They have been granted permission to pull down the old theatre.他们已获准拆除这座旧戏院。
• award指有充分理由给予奖赏。例如:
• She's been awarded a scholarship to study at Oxford University.她获得了去牛津大学念书的奖学金。
• confer指地位较高者把名誉或地位授予较低者。例如:
• An honorary degree was conferred on him by the university.这所大学授予他荣誉学位。

consult，negotiate，confer

• 这些动词均含“协商、商量”之意。
• consult多指向权威或有识之士请教或咨询。
• negotiate正式用词，指双方通过争论或讨论最后达成协议等；也指通过商议从而解决问题。
• confer正式用词，强调对观点或意见的交换。

词源解说

• ☆ 1530年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的conferre，意为集中，比较。

近反义词

【近义词】

• discuss 讨论
• consult 查阅
• talk 交谈
• bestow 授予
• give 给
• award 奖品
• present 礼物
• grant 授予
• deliberate 深思熟虑的
• converse 相反的事物
• convene 集合
• advise 劝告
• talk over 商议
• over 在 ... 的上方...
• confabulate 闲谈
• confab 会议
• negotiate 谈判