confer a title/degree/honour etc

formal GIVEto officially give someone a title etc, especially as a reward for something they have achieved 授予称号/学位/荣誉等 SYN bestow

confer a title/degree/honour etc on/upon

An honorary degree was conferred on him by the University.

该大学授予他一个荣誉学位。

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confer a title/degree/honour etc• Poets confer honour neither on themselves nor on their work by using a sophisticated diction.

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单词	confer a title/degree/honour etc
释义	confer a title/degree/honour etc confer a title/degree/honour etc formal GIVEto officially give someone a title etc, especially as a reward for something they have achieved 授予称号/学位/荣誉等 SYN bestow confer a title/degree/honour etc on/upon An honorary degree was conferred on him by the University. 该大学授予他一个荣誉学位。 ► see thesaurus at give Examples from the Corpus confer a title/degree/honour etc• Poets confer honour neither on themselves nor on their work by using a sophisticated diction. → confer a title/degree/honour etc at confer(1)
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