counsel
verb[T]
uk/ˈkaʊn.səl/us/ˈkaʊn.səl/-ll-orUSusually-l-to giveadvice,especiallyonsocialorpersonalproblems:
(尤指对社会或个人问题)建议,劝告,忠告Thepolicehaveprovidedexpertsto counsellocalpeopleaffectedby thetragedy.警方请来专家对受该惨案影响的当地居民提供咨询服务。
Myjobinvolvescounsellingunemployedpeopleon/abouthow tofindwork.我的工作是向失业者提供就业咨询。
Compare
advise
to give someone advice
- give adviceCan you give me some advice about what to wear?
- adviseThe doctor advised me to get plenty of rest.
- counselHe counselled the young man to keep his silence.
- recommendDoctors recommend regular exercise.
- advocateI would advocate a system that is fair to everyone.
Counselling & psychotherapy
- analyst
- aversion therapy
- behaviour therapy
- cognitive behavioural therapy
- cognitive therapy
- group therapy
- helpline
- instrumental aggression
- marriage counseling
- marriage guidance
- mind-body
- psychotherapist
- psychotherapy
- self-harm
- self-harming
- sex therapist
- sex therapy
- sexologist
- stress management
- tough love
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Giving advice
counsel
noun
uk/ˈkaʊn.səl/us/ˈkaʊn.səl/[U]formal
advice:
建议;劝告;忠告I should havelistenedto my father'swisecounsel, andsavedsomemoneyinsteadofspendingit all.我本该听从父亲的明智忠告,把钱省下一些而不是挥霍一空。
Synonym
advice
advice
- adviceLet me give you some advice.
- helpI didn't know who to turn to for help.
- a piece of adviceLet me give you a piece of advice.
- counselI will miss his wise counsel.
- guidanceYoung people don't always appreciate the guidance offered by their parents and teachers.
- counsellingUKVictims of abuse usually need expert counselling.
C2[S]lawspecialized
one or more of thelawyerstakingpartin alegalcase:
(参与案件的)律师Thejudgeaddressedcounsel.法官向律师问了话。
Counselfor thedefence(= thelawyergivingadviceto theaccusedperson)arguedconvincinglythat hisclientwas notguilty.被告律师为其当事人作了颇有说服力的无罪申辩。
- HisconvictionwasquashedinMarch1986 after his counselarguedthat thepoliceevidencewas atissueoflies.
- From 1940 to 1943, he wasgeneralcounsel of theHousecommitteeinvestigatingun-Americanactivities.
- Heprovidedwisecounsel to theyoungboysin hiscare.
Giving advice
- (a) word to the wiseidiom
- advice column
- advice columnist
- advisability
- adviser
- agony aunt
- agony uncle
- backseat driver
- bum steer
- clinic
- consultant
- consulting
- counselling
- handler
- hold a clinicidiom
- lifestyle manager
- steer
- talk some sense into sbidiom
- waste
- would
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Lawyers & legal officials
Idioms
a/the counsel of despair
keepyourown counsel