consultation
noun
uk/ˌkɒn.sʌlˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːn.sʌlˈteɪ.ʃən/C2[C]
ameetingtodiscusssomething or to getadvice:
协商会,磋商会;咨询会After consultationswithouraccountants, we'vedecidedhow tocutcostswithin thecompany.与会计们商讨后,我们确定了如何削减公司内部的开支。
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conclave
conference(MEETING)
congress(MEETING)
convention(MEETING)
convocationformal
forum(MEETING)
meeting
seminar
summit(MEETING)
symposiumformal
C2[U]
theprocessofdiscussingsomething with someone inorderto gettheiradviceoropinionabout it:
磋商;咨询;求教He made thedecisioninconsultationwithhisparentsandteachers.与父母和老师商议后,他做出了决定。
- Thepolicychangewaspresentedto us as a fait accompli, without consultation ordiscussion.
- Shespenthoursin consultation with herlawyers.
- Ichosethepresentin consultation with myfriends.
- Has there been any consultation with theunions?
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- ask aftersomeone
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- besomeone'sfor the askingidiom
- beat
- beatsomethingout ofsomeone
- bombard
- cross-examine
- doorstep
- inquire withinidiom
- interviewer
- pin
- putsomeonetosomethingidiom
- Q, q
- reinterview
- resurvey
- retest
- rhetorical question
- roll
- survey
- the third degreeidiom
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Giving advice