单词 | advisory |
释义 | advisory (once / 1591 pages) nadj An advisory is an announcement that often gives a warning, like a weather advisory about a blizzard. An advisory job involves giving advice. People like to give advice: friends, family, writers, and TV personalities are constantly giving tips about saving money, losing weight, and finding love. An advisory is a type of advice that is specific and usually important, like an announcement of bad weather or a terrorist threat. Advisories are often issued by the government as warnings. Also, someone whose job is to give advice has an advisory position. WORD FAMILYadvisory: advisories+/advisable: advisability, advisabler, advisablest, advisably, inadvisable, unadvisable/advise: advisable, advised, advisee, advisement, adviser, advises, advising, advisor, advisory, misadvise/advised: advisedly, ill-advised, unadvised/advisee: advisees/advisement: advisements/adviser: advisers/advisor: advisors/inadvisable: inadvisability, inadvisably/misadvise: misadvised, misadvising/unadvisable: unadvisably/unadvised: unadvisedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe Anchorage Office of Emergency Management says the advisory will be in effect until 6 a.m. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “We got together a community advisory group and asked them, ‘What do these objects mean to you today?’” she said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The issue was the topic of a December meeting organized by Timothy Jones of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission, where residents complained to Metro officials. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n an announcement that usually advises or warns the public of some threat a frost advisory Hyper announcement, promulgation a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen 2adj giving advice "an advisory memorandum", "his function was purely consultative Syn consultative, consultatory, consultive informative, informatory providing or conveying information |
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