confer的读音是：英[kən'fɜː(r)]。confer的意思是v.商讨；授予，赐予。confer【近义词】discuss讨论。
一、详尽释义点此查看confer的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.商谈;商议;交换意见
When youconfer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two peopleconfer .
e.g. He conferred with Hill and the others in his office...
他与希尔及其他人在办公室里商议了一番。
e.g. His doctors conferred by telephone and agreed that he must get away from his family for a time.
诊治他的几位医生在电话里讨论了一番，一致认为他必须离开家人一段时间。
2.授予，赋予(权力、荣誉等)
Toconfer something such as power or an honouron someone means to give it to them.
e.g. The constitution also confers large powers on Brazil's 25 constituent states...
宪法还赋予巴西的25个成员州很大的权力。
e.g. An honorary doctorate of law was conferred on him by Newcastle University in 1976...
1976年，纽卡斯尔大学授予他荣誉法学博士学位。
四、例句
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。
I will confer with him on the subject.
我将和他商议这件事。
The Queen conferred knighthood on several distinguished men.
女王将爵士头衔授予几位杰出人士。
The university confers master degree on her.
学校授予她硕士学位。
五、常见句型
六、经典引文
Confer fair Milan With all the honours on my brother.
出自：Tempest,ShakespeareThe character conferred on the scene by a cold spring rain.
出自：H. JamesThe Rent Acts confer powers to interfere in contractual bargaining.
出自：R. Scruton七、词源解说
confer的相关近义词
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confer的相关临近词
conference、confederate、confero、Conferol、conferva、conferee、confertus、conferted、confer on、conferree、conferrer、Conferone