Confer

(verb.) have a conference in order to talk something over; 'We conferred about a plan of action'.

(verb.) present; 'The university conferred a degree on its most famous former student, who never graduated'; 'bestow an honor on someone'.

整理:桑娅

• If I spoke, my speaking would confer advantage on no one. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I was an untaught shepherd-boy, when Adrian deigned to confer on me his friendship. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Having received this order I went to New Orleans to confer with Banks about the proposed movement. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• My dear Watson, you would confer a great favor upon me by coming. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I shall confer estates on both--which is not being troublesome, I trust? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Then I shall release my birds, you know, and confer estates. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But does he therefore confer no benefit when he works for nothing? 柏拉图. 理想国.
• His father had never conferred a favour or shewn a kindness more to his satisfaction. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Certainly, if years of residence may establish a claim to so--ha--honourable a title, I may accept the--hum--conferred distinction. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• But as one invention has succeeded another people have grown wiser, and realized that each has conferred a benefit rather than taken away a right. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The solitary woman felt an interest in the ambitious girl, and kindly conferred many favors of this sort both on Jo and the Professor. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He was indeed an officer and a gentleman--a title conferred on many, but deserved by so few. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• She was not sure if she would go where permission was given so like a favour conferred. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It looked an insignificant thing to have conferred upon the world of science and mechanics such a mighty extension of their dominions as it has. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Only application tests them, and only testing confers full meaning and a sense of their reality. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The emperor also confers on him some public mark of his favour, and proclamation is made of his innocence through the whole city. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• Analytical Chemist goes to the door, confers angrily with unseen tapper, appears to become mollified by descrying reason in the tapping, and goes out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Miss Stepney, when her first fright had subsided, began to feel the superiority that greater breadth of mind confers. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• What is it that confers the noblest delight? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• For it builds up a social interest and confers the intelligence needed to make that interest effective in practice. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Chemistry especially has always had irresistible attractions for me from the enormous, the illimitable power which the knowledge of it confers. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• In one respect it was better, as it gave him the means of conferring a kindness where he wished to oblige. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• For my own part, when I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring favours, but as paying debts. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• How lightly I valued the obligation I was conferring on my friend Mr. Charles! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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