confer 的 2 个定义
con·ferred, con·fer·ring.
- to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
con·ferred, con·fer·ring.
- to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.: to confer a degree on a graduate.
- Obsolete. to compare.
confer 近义词
discuss, deliberate
giving honor, award
更多confer例句
- The teams conferred with one another as they drafted their respective documents.
- An omnipresent subjecthood confers onto the natural world the characteristics of a psyche.
- More quietly, however, other scientists are investigating whether a vaccine that has already been in use for decades could also confer some level of protection.
- Gene losses in evolution may sound like damaging events, since genes confer the traits that make life and health possible.
- “We can’t rely on chemistry to spray our way out of this,” Goodman, a chemist himself, said as the commissioners conferred after the public’s comments.
- But that was so yesterday, much like his contention that he lacked the power to unilaterally confer amnesty.
- Colleges churn out graduates and confer advanced degrees, but the scramble for jobs continues.
- The firemen confer with the organizers and then beckon them toward the front of the bus.
- Walter worships objects and cash, believing they will magically confer upon him the social status he so desperately craves.
- Now Hunter wanted to confer an honorary doctorate on me, and I needed to find the words to properly convey how honored I felt.
- We shall, I know, emulate their steadfastness and achieve a result which will confer added laurels to French and British arms.
- Scattergood, out of the corner of his eye, saw them rush together and confer frenziedly.
- Mr. Monterey will confer with us at noon, and before school is dismissed to-day we will announce the winner.
- Been dropping in to confer with the vice-president about the local real estate situation.
- After that he and Mert, as by a common thought impelled, climbed out and went over to a bushy live oak to confer in privacy.