Proffer
['prɒfə] or ['prɑfɚ]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To offer for acceptance; to propose to give; to make a tender of; as, to proffer a gift; to proffer services; to proffer friendship.
(v. t.) To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake.
(n.) An offer made; something proposed for acceptance by another; a tender; as, proffers of peace or friendship.
(n.) Essay; attempt.
校對:玛拉
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Tender, offer, volunteer.
n. Tender, offer, proposal.
錄入:凯思琳
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Offer, propose, tender, volunteer
ANT:Withhold, detain
艾丽莎手打
解釋/意思:
v.t. to bring forward: to propose: to offer for acceptance.—n. an offer made: a proposal.—n. Proff′erer.
伊莱恩整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Impulses of sympathy came naturally to her, and it was instinctive to proffer her help to Mrs. Fisher. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- She seemed to think it unnecessary to proffer any eager disavowal of the charge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Is it thus a woman should proffer her love? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Tossed about all her life from one foreign school to another, she may justly proffer the plea of ignorance in extenuation of most of her faults. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Wherefore, good my master, either take my proffer yourself, or suffer me to leave this dungeon as free as I entered. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Tarzan smiled as he took the proffered hand. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Mr. Winkle seized the wicker bottle which his friend proffered, and took a lengthened pull at the exhilarating liquid. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Mr Venus shook the proffered hand with a modest air, and they pursued the direction of the Bower. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But he would rather not live than accept the love she proffered. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Also, when he said to Clennam, seating himself in the proffered chair, 'And you are in a new business, Mr Clennam? 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Lawrence Selden was among those who had yielded to the proffered inducements. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I grasped her proffered arm and together we crossed the plaza toward a large building on the far side. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- The temptation to postpone is much increased because the present offers so many wonderful opportunities and proffers such invitations to adventure. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- But it takes back with one hand what it proffers with the other. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
手打:奥齐