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conferment

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

灌注,授予,汇合,典礼

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Definitions

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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The more cases we have in circulation, the more chances there are of generating mutations that confer some kind of benefit to the virus.

  • "Not from men" excludes human derivation; "not through man," human intervention in the conferment of Paul's office.

  • But Athanasius apprehended this redemption as a conferment, from without and from above, of a divine nature.

  • Sulla obtained the formal conferment on himself of absolute power.

  • Let there be no confusion about the purpose of the suggested conferment of power to make decisions effective.

  • The preliminaries, formal or otherwise, to the conferment of degrees have now been described.