1 VERB 咨询;请教;请示(以获得许可) If you consult an expert or someone senior to you or consult with them, you ask them for their opinion and advice about what you should do or their permission to do something. 咨询;请教;请示(以获得许可)
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Consult your doctor about how much exercise you should attempt. [VERB noun]
咨询一下医生你需要多大的运动量。
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He needed to consult with an attorney. [VERB + with]
他需要找个律师咨询一下。
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If you are in any doubt, consult a financial adviser. [VERB noun]
如有任何疑问，请向财务顾问咨询。
2 V-RECIP 商量;商讨;商议 If a person or group of people consults with other people or consults them, they talk and exchange ideas and opinions about what they might decide to do. 商量;商讨;商议
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After consulting with her daughter and manager she decided to take on the part, on her terms. [VERB + with]
与女儿兼经纪人商量之后，她决定出演这一角色，不过要按照她开出的条件。
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The two countries will have to consult their allies. [VERB noun]
两国不得不与盟国商议。
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The umpires consulted quickly. [VERB]
几位裁判快速商量了一下。
SYN confer, talk, debate, deliberate
3 VERB 查阅，查询(书、地图等) If you consult a book or a map, you look in it or look at it in order to find some information. 查阅，查询(书、地图等)
SYN refer to, check in, look in
Quotations
consult: to seek another's approval of a course already decided on Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary
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