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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.

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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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