DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
con·sult /kənˈsʌlt/
(vi.)商討,商量,協商,會診(vt.)向…請教,查閱,考慮
con·sult /kənˈsəlt/ 及物動詞
會診,咨詢
Con·sult n.
1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.]
The council broke;
And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. --Dryden.
2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] “A consult of coquettes.”
3. Agreement; concert [Obs.]
◄ ►
Con·sult v. i. [imp. & p. p. Consulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Consulting.] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak.
All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. --Hobbes.
Con·sult, v. t.
1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.
Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . . ; they were content to consult libraries. --Whewell.
2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.
We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. --L'Estrange.
3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.]
Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. --Clarendon.
4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [Obs.]
Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people. --Hab. ii. 10.
consult
v 1: get or ask advice from; "Consult your local broker"; "They
had to consult before arriving at a decision" [syn: confer
with]
2: seek information from; "You should consult the dictionary";
"refer to your notes" [syn: refer, look up]
3: when planning or deciding something
4: have a conference in order to talk something over; "We
conferred about a plan of action" [syn: confer, confabulate,
confab]
5: advise professionally; "The professor consults for industry"