介绍： 1.*confer [kən'fɜː]
v. 授予；协商，交换意见
confer with 协商，交换意见
I need to confer with my lawyer.
我需要跟我的律师商量。
confer on 授予
Diplomas were conferred on members of the graduating class.
给毕业班的学生颁发了毕业文凭。
conference n.（正式）会议

2.*grant [grɑːnt]
v. 授予，允许；承认
n. 拨款，...

介绍： 1.*confer [kən'fɜː]
v. 授予；协商，交换意见
confer with 协商，交换意见
I need to confer with my lawyer.
我需要跟我的律师商量。
confer on 授予
Diplomas were conferred on members of the graduating class.
给毕业班的学生颁发了毕业文凭。
conference n.（正式）会议

2.*grant [grɑːnt]
v. 授予，允许；承认
n. 拨款，补助金；准予
a student/research grant 助学金／研究拨款
The council has granted him permission to build on the site.
市政会已经批准他在这块地上建房子。

3.*award [ə'wɔːd]
vt. 授予，判定
n. 奖，奖品
For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.
为表彰他的奉献精神，市长授予他荣誉奖章。

4.*reward [rɪ'wɔːd]
vt./n. 报答；奖赏
The rewards of motherhood outweigh the anguish.
做母亲得到的回报大于经受的痛苦。
All his hard work was rewarded when he saw his book in print.
看到了自己的书出版，他感到一切的艰辛都得到了回报。

5.awkward ['ɔːkwəd]
adj. 尴尬的；笨拙的
They’d chosen an awkward time to call as I’d just got into the bath.
他们偏偏在我刚开始洗澡的时候来电话，真不是时候。

6.embarrass [ɪm'bærəs]
vt. 使局促不安；使困窘
He didn’t want to embarrass her by asking questions.
他不想提问让她尴尬。

7.*suffer ['sʌfə]
vi. 受苦
vt. 经历，遭受
I’m suffering from a bad back.
我背疼。
suffer a loss/ a defeat 遭受损失/遭遇失败

8.*differ ['dɪfə]
v. 相异；不同
The two systems differ in many respects.
这两个系统在许多方面有不同。

9.differentiate [ˌdɪfə'renʃɪeɪt]
v. 区分，区别
It’s sometimes hard to differentiate one sample from another.
有时候很难把样品区分开来。

10.discrepancy [dɪs'krep(ə)nsɪ]
n. 不符；矛盾；相差
Police found discrepancies in the two men’s reports.
警方发现两名男子的叙述不一致。

11.*indifferent [ɪn'dɪf(ə)r(ə)nt]
adj. 漠不关心的；无关紧要的
People have become indifferent to the suffering of others.
人们已经变得对别人的痛苦漠不关心。