Refer

[rɪ'fɜː] or [rɪ'fɝ]

解释:

(verb.) think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; 'This plant can be referred to a known species'.

(verb.) use a name to designate; 'Christians refer to the mother of Jesus as the Virgin Mary'.

(verb.) send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; 'refer a patient to a specialist'; 'refer a bill to a committee'.

(verb.) be relevant to; 'There were lots of questions referring to her talk'; 'My remark pertained to your earlier comments'.

校对:南森--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To carry or send back.

(v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.

(v. t.) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation; as, he referred the phenomena to electrical disturbances.

(v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to appeal; to betake one's self; as, to refer to a dictionary.

(v. i.) To have relation or reference; to relate; to point; as, the figure refers to a footnote.

(v. i.) To carry the mind or thought; to direct attention; as, the preacher referred to the late election.

(v. i.) To direct inquiry for information or a guarantee of any kind, as in respect to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story.

编辑:利瓦伊

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Direct, consign, commit, leave, deliver over, give in charge.[2]. Attribute, ascribe, impute, assign.

v. n. [1]. Relate, belong, pertain, appertain, have reference.[2]. Appeal, apply, have recourse.[3]. Allude, direct attention, make allusion, make reference, hint at.

整理:洛蒂

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Attribute, associate, assign, advert, connect, relate, point, belong, allude,apply, appeal

ANT:Disconnect, dissociate, misapply, misappertain, alienate, misbeseem,disresemble

手打:罗纳德

解释:

v.t. to submit to another person or authority: to assign: to reduce: to carry back: to trace back: to hand over for consideration: to deliver over as to refer a matter: to appeal: to direct for information.—v.i. to direct the attention: to give a reference: to have reference or recourse: to relate: to allude:—pr.p. refer′ring; pa.t. and pa.p. referred′.—adjs. Ref′erable Refer′rible that may be referred or assigned to.—ns. Referēē′ one to whom anything is referred: an arbitrator umpire or judge; Ref′erence the act of referring: a submitting for information or decision: relation: allusion: one who or that which is referred to: (law) the act of submitting a dispute for investigation or decision: a testimonial: a direction in a book a quotation; Ref′erence-Bī′ble a Bible having references to parallel passages; Ref′erence-book a book to be referred to or consulted as an encyclop鎑ia; Ref′erence-Lī′brary a library containing books to be consulted only in the premises.—n.pl. Ref′erence-marks (print.) the characters * † &c. used to refer to notes &c.—ns. Referendar′ in Germany a legal probationer who has passed the first of the two examinations for the judicial service; Referen′dary one to whose decision a cause is referred a referee: formerly a public official whose duty was to procure execute and despatch diplomas and charters or who served as the medium of communication with a sovereign: the official through whom the patriarch of Constantinople communicates with the civil authorities; Referen′dum in Switzerland the right of the people to have all legislative acts passed in the Federal or Cantonal Assemblies referred to them en masse.—adj. Referen′tial containing a reference: pointing or referring to something else.—adv. Referen′tially in the way of reference.—ns. Refer′ment; Refer′rer.

录入:泽维尔