confer

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kənˈfɜː/    美 /kənˈfʌɹ/|[kʰə̥ɱˈfɚ]|/kənˈfɜː/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To grant as a possession; to bestow. transitive
    — The college has conferred an honorary degree upon the visiting Prime Minister.
  2. To talk together, to consult, discuss; to collogue. intransitive
    — They were in a huddle, conferring about something.
  3. To compare. obsolete
    — The Newe Testament ... Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations.
  4. To bring together; to collect, gather. obsolete,transitive
  5. To contribute; to conduce. obsolete
    — The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union.

词形变化

confers present,singular,third-person conferring participle,present conferred participle,past conferred past

词汇关系

衍生词
agreement conferring jurisdiction conferee conferment conferrable conferral conferrer reconfer unconferred
相关词
cf cf. collate collation conference

词源

From Early Modern English conferre, from Middle French conférer, from Old French conferer, from Latin cōnferō. Compare Dutch confereren, German konferieren, Danish konferere, Swedish konferera. Doublet of collate. See also infer, relate and refer, delate and defer, as well as prelate and prefer among others.
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