| 单词 | consultant |
| 释义 | consultant (once / 962 pages) n A consultant is an expert in a particular field. Sometimes a business will rely on the guidance of a consultant to help change its image. How did the word consultant come about? Consult dates to the 1520s and comes from the French word consultare, meaning "take advice of." The related noun consultant, to mean someone qualified to give advice, is believed to have first appeared in an 1893 Sherlock Holmes story. WORD FAMILYconsultant: consultancy, consultants+/consult: consultant, consultation, consultative, consultatory, consulted, consulting, consultive, consults/consultancy: consultancies/consultation: consultations USAGE EXAMPLESTo his friends in Texas, he’s not a consultant. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Christine Sublett, an information security consultant who counts wearable tech and medical device companies as clients, was concerned about the potential for hacking. New York Times(Sep 09, 2016) Close-protection security consultants work on the principle that a client should never be more than eight seconds from rescue. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) n an expert who gives advice Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper adviser, advisor Nestor (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at Troy Grigori Efimovich RasputinSiberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916) amicus curiae, friend of the court an adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case; usually someone who wants to influence the outcome of a lawsuit involving matters of wide public interest backroom boy, brain trusteran expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status beauty consultantsomeone who gives you advice about your personal appearance counsellor, counselorsomeone who gives advice about problems agricultural agent, county agent, extension agentan advisor employed by the government to assist people in rural areas with methods of farming and home economics fashion consultant, fashionmongersomeone who advises you about fashionable clothing investment adviser, investment advisorsomeone who advises others how to invest their money management consultantadviser to business about efficient management practices media consultant, media gurusomeone who advises about the use of communication media military adviser, military advisora military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation security consultantan adviser about alarm systems to prevent burglaries staretsa religious adviser (not necessarily a priest) in the Eastern Orthodox Church tipster, toutone who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) Dutch unclea counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly racetrack toutsomeone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings) authority an expert whose views are taken as definitive |
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