confer & conference
confer
con-fer(carry)
v.把...贈與(ex.學位等) [ to bestow upon as a gift, favor, honor, etc. ]
ex. to confer a degree on a graduate.
ex. The Queen conferred knighthoods on several distinguished men.
v.商談 [大夥共同帶來自己的觀點進行交換→商談 ] [to consult together]
ex. He confers with this bussiness cooperators about opening a new line of product.
ex.
ferry n.渡輪
circumference n.圓周 circum- == around
defer v.推遲 v.聽從
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近型字
| defer | v.推遲、延期[to put off action; delay] | // deferment n.延期 | |
| (to defer her departure for two days.) 此意中的de用的是dis解 | |||
| v.聽從、順從[to yield respectfully in judgment or opinion] | // deference n.順從 | ||
| (I defer to my parents because they are older and wiser.) | // deferential a.順從的 | ||
| defy | v.反抗、向...挑戰 [to challenge the power of] | // defiance n.反抗、挑戰 | |
| (He defied the order of the court.) | |||
| deter | v.嚇住、使斷念 [to discourage or restrain from acting ] | ||
| (Failure did not deter him from trying again.) | |||
| ps. ter(terr)=frighten ex.terror n.恐怖 |
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conference
con-fer-ence
n.正式會議;協商會
ps. American Physics Society (APS) holds several conferences to let physicists share their new discovery in science.
confess
con-fess(speak)
v.坦白,承認 [to acknowledge a fault, crime, misdeed, weakness, etc. by way of revelation.]
ex.professor n.教授
ex. confession:crime 承認:罪行
confide
con-fid(trust)e [相信對方，所以可以吐露心事。]
v.吐露祕密 [discuss private matters or problems]
ex. She confides in no one but her husband.
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| confidence | n. 自信、信心 | ||
| confident | a. 自信的、有信心 | ||
| confidential | a. 機密的 | [只有信賴的人才能知道的--->機密的] | |
| confidant | n. 密友 | [能討論自己私事或秘密的朋友] |
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confidence
con-fid(trust)-ence
n.自信、信心
confidential
con-fid-ent-ial [只有信賴的人才能知道的--->機密的]
adj.機密的 ex. confidential document
adj.信任的 ex. a confidential secretary.
configuration
con-figure-ate
n.結構; 形態 [arrangement of the parts of sth; shape or outline]
confine
con-fin(end or 範圍)-e
v.限制, 幽禁=restrain [ to enclose within bounds]
ex. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
ex. finite adj.有限的
confirm
con-firm(adj.牢固的)
v.證實確定
ex. hypothesis:confirmed
假設沒有被證實
confiscate
con-fisc(money)-ate [財富成為共同財產→充公]
v.將...充公;徵收
ex.
fiscal adj.財政的;會計的
fiscal year 會計年度
conflagration /ˏkɑnfləˋɡreʃən/
con-flagr(=flame;burn)-ation
n.大火災(ex.森林大火) [great and destructive fire]
ex. flagrant adj.罪惡昭彰的
ps. 聖安東尼奧馬刺隊的 Bruce Bowen
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