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confer

/kuhn-fur/US // kənˈfɜr //UK // (kənˈfɜː) //

赋予,授予,赋予权力,赋予它

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·ferred, con·fer·ring.

    • : to consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    con·ferred, con·fer·ring.

    • : to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc.: to confer a degree on a graduate.
    • : Obsolete. to compare.

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Examples

  • 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.