Refer
[rɪ'fɜː] or [rɪ'fɝ]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
校對:南森--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:利瓦伊
同義詞及近義詞:
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
同義詞及反義詞:
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
解釋/意思:
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.
錄入:泽维尔
例句/造句/用法:
- I have not got the ship's journal to refer to, and I cannot now call to mind the latitude and longitude. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- But I don't say he don't refer to it within himself. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I beg you will not refer to this again, said Dorothea, rather haughtily. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But there are certain points to which that statement does not refer. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- I was so doubtful of myself now, and put so much trust in him, that I could not satisfy myself whether I ought to refer to it when he did not. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Naturalists continually refer to external conditions, such as climate, food, etc. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- But worth notice at starting, because we may find occasion to refer to this modest little Indian organisation as we go on. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The rest referred to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- It was his hidden treachery to which I referred. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It was referred to as a curiosity in the _Philosophical Transactions_ in 1747. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- There is a stage of criticism in which all works, whether of nature or of art, are referred to design. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- At this juncture a large part of the correspondence referred very naturally to electric lighting, embodying requests for all kinds of information, catalogues, prices, terms, etc. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- When neighbours asked after the boy's health, she referred them pointedly to Mrs. Osborne. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The supplies referred to in these instructions are exclusive of those required for your own command. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It was a question whether gratitude which refers to what is done for one's self ought not to give way to indignation at what is done against another. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But in a shared activity, each person refers what he is doing to what the other is doing and vice-versa. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Doctor Strong refers to me in public as a promising young scholar. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Cotton’s Compleat Gamster published in 1674, refers to billiards as This most gentle, cleanly and ingenious game. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It refers to my brother Robert. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Pliny refers to the curled chips raised by the plane, and Ansonius refers to mills driven by the waters of the Moselle for sawing marble into slabs. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The next event in your cousin's life refers again to Miss Verinder. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It's easier when you have it said and there is never any point in referring to a son of a bitch by some foreign term. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Let me see,' replied Mr. Pickwick, referring to his watch, 'it is now nearly three. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Fred ended, innocently referring only to his own love as probably evident enough. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Referring to this beginning of his career, he mentions a curious fact that throws light on his ceaseless application. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Referring the education to her seemed to imply it. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Observe, Mr. Blake, before you begin, that I am now referring you to one of the greatest of English physiologists. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I can tell you in a moment who copied it, sir, by referring to my book. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
錄入:卢