单词 | counsel |
释义 | noun | verb counselcounsel1 /ˈkaʊnsəl/ ●○○ noun 1[uncountable] law a lawyer or a group of lawyers who represent someone in a court of law, or who give legal advice: The counsel for the defense gave her opening statement.2keep your own counsel to not talk about your private thoughts and opinions: I was about to speak, but decided to keep my own counsel.3[uncountable] formal advice: I’ll miss her because I value her counsel. [Origin: 1100–1200 Old French conseil, from Latin consilium, from consulere] noun | verb counselcounsel2 verb (counseled, counseling or counselled, counselling) [transitive] 1to listen to someone and give support and advice: Carvalho counsels cancer patients at the hospital.2to advise a course of action SYN advise: counsel somebody to do something She counseled them not to accept the settlement. |
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