| 单词 | refer |
| 释义 | refer (rɪfɜːʳ ) Word forms: refers , referring , referred 1. verb B2 If you refer to a particular subject or person, you talk about them or mention them. In his speech, he referred to a recent trip to Canada. [VERB + to] 2. verb B2 If you refer to someone or something as a particular thing, you use a particular word, expression, or name to mention or describe them. Marcia had referred to him as a dear friend. [VERB + to] He simply referred to him as Ronnie. [V to n as n] Our economy is referred to as a free market. [V to n as n] 3. verb If a word refers to a particular thing, situation, or idea, it describes it in some way. The term electronics refers to electrically-induced action. [VERB + to] 4. verb [usually passive] If a person who is ill is referred to a hospital or a specialist, they are sent there by a doctor in order to be treated. Patients are mostly referred to hospital by their general practitioners. [be VERB-ed + to] The patient should be referred for tests immediately. [be VERB-ed] 5. verb If you refer a task or a problem to a person or an organization, you formally tell them about it, so that they can deal with it. He could refer the matter to the high court. [VERB noun + to] Synonyms: pass on, transfer, deliver, commit 6. verb If you refer someone to a person or organization, you send them there for the help they need. Now and then I referred a client to him. [VERB noun + to] 7. verb If you refer to a book or other source of information, you look at it in order to find something out. He referred briefly to his notebook. [VERB + to] 8. verb If you refer someone to a source of information, you tell them the place where they will find the information which they need or which you think will interest them. Mr Bryan also referred me to a book by the American journalist Anthony Scaduto. [VERB noun + to] Synonyms: direct, point, send, guide Collocations: refer solely to When ministers talk about the need to get credit flowing through the economy's veins again, they nearly always refer solely to the banks. Times, Sunday Times The main categories, however, can be, as long as they refer solely to range. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Finally, there are deeds which refer solely to ecclesiastical concerns: consecrations of churches, blessings of various kinds, excommunications, etc. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While the stories all bear a 2018 copyright, only two refer specifically to the fire. The Times Literary Supplement The use of fortepiano to refer specifically to early pianos appears to be recent. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sequential algorithm may also refer specifically to an algorithm for decoding a convolutional code. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Inspection reports refer specifically to seven monks who have worked at the school at different times and whose behaviour has been a cause for concern. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, few provisions refer specifically to inland fisheries, although there are specific regulations for same catchments and river systems. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In all these references, the expression 'to patch up' a text refers to writing - cobbling together phrases and quotations from other sources - not to play production. The Times Literary Supplement Text file refers to a type of container, while plain text refers to a type of content. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The text refers to different kinds of flowers, each symbolizing a different rasa. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The patent text refers to that class of devices for indicating life in buried persons, suggesting that such inventions were common at the time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A reversible text refers to a story which proceeds in the forward direction, and concludes with the protagonist returning to a development introduced at the story's inception. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 提到 Japanese: 口に出す |
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