介绍： 今日词汇: 词根fer=carry,bring
artificial pirate
confer grant award reward
infer refer prefer transfer

artificial
[ɑːtɪ'fɪʃ(ə)l] adj. 人造的，假的
artificial intelligence 人工智能 artificial color 人造色素
pirate
[ˈpaɪərət] n. 海盗，盗版 piracy n. 盗版行为
v. 掠夺，翻印
confer
[kən'fɜː] v. 授予; 协商，交换意...

介绍： 今日词汇: 词根fer=carry,bring
artificial pirate
confer grant award reward
infer refer prefer transfer

artificial
[ɑːtɪ'fɪʃ(ə)l] adj. 人造的，假的
artificial intelligence 人工智能 artificial color 人造色素
pirate
[ˈpaɪərət] n. 海盗，盗版 piracy n. 盗版行为
v. 掠夺，翻印
confer
[kən'fɜː] v. 授予; 协商，交换意见 n. conference（正式）会议
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。
*grant
[grɑːnt] v. 授予，允许，承认，同意
grant permission/ request 给予许可/同意请求
take it for granted /take sb（sth）for granted想当然，将…视为理所当然
n. 授予物（资助，拨款等）
a government grant 政府拨款/ a student grant 学生助学金
*award
[ə'wɔːd] vt. 授予
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。
n. 奖品，奖 Academy Award 奥斯卡金像奖
*reward
[rɪ'wɔːd] n. 奖励，报酬，回报 vt. 奖励，奖赏
Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness. 现行雇佣法要变，要奖勤罚懒。
*infer
[ɪn'fɜː] v. 推断，作出推论 inference n. 推理，推断
People usually infer an unknown fact from a known fact.
人们通常从已知的事实中推断未知的事实.
*refer
[rɪ'fɜː] v. 提到，涉及，参考
In her autobiography she occasionally refers to her unhappy schooldays.
她在自传里间或提起自己不愉快的学生时代。
.reference n. 参考，参照 Reference News 《参考消息》
*prefer
[prɪ'fɜː] v.更喜欢，宁愿
prefer A to B 比起B更喜欢A
I became a teacher because I preferred books and people to politics.
我当老师，是因为我更喜欢书本和人而不是权术。
transfer
[træns'fɜː] v./n. 转让，转移，传递
The aim is to transfer power/control/responsibility to self-governing regional councils. 目的是把权力/控制权/责任转移到自治区委员会。