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consultant

noun
 
🔊/kənˈsʌltənt/
🔊/kənˈsʌltənt/
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  1.  
    a person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is employed to give advice about it to other people顾问
    • a technology/design consultant技术/设计顾问
    • She is clearly being coached by image consultants.显然，她正在接受图像顾问的指导。
    • consultant on something the president’s consultant on economic affairs总统的经济事务顾问
    • consultant to somebody/something He was happy to act as a consultant to the company.他很高兴担任这家公司的顾问。
    see also management consultant
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    Wordfinderaccountant, agent, auditor, CEO, chairman, consultant, entrepreneur, executive, manager
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    • The review was carried out last year by independent consultants.这项审查是由独立顾问在去年进行的。
    • They work as consultants to a software company.他们担任一家软件公司的顾问。
    • We brought in a management consultant to sort out the mess.我们雇用了一名管理顾问来处理这一混乱局面。
    • a consultant in design, printing and advertising设计、印刷和广告方面的顾问
    • a consultant on business ethics商业道德顾问
    • He's a top consultant on ecological waste disposal.他是生态废物处理方面的顶级顾问。
    • The professor also acted as a consultant to the Department of Education.这位教授还担任教育部的顾问。
    • The report was compiled by an independent consultant.该报告由一名独立顾问编写。
    • The statistics are the result of independent research by economic consultants.统计数据是经济顾问进行的独立研究的结果。
    Topics Suggestions and adviceb2, Jobsb2, Businessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • business
    • campaign
    • computer
    • …
    verb + consultant
    • act as
    • bring in
    • employ (somebody as)
    • …
    preposition
    • consultant in
    • consultant on
    • consultant to
    • …
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  2. (British English) a hospital doctor of the highest rank who is a specialist in a particular area of medicine高级顾问医师；会诊医师
    • a consultant in obstetrics产科顾问医师
    • a consultant surgeon外科顾问医师
    compare registrar
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    • a consultant in psychiatry精神科顾问医师
    • She is now a hospital consultant.她现在是一位医院顾问医师。
    Topics Medicineb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hospital
    • NHS
    consultant + noun
    • cardiologist
    • gynaecologist
    • obstetrician
    • …
    preposition
    • consultant in
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    3. Word Originlate 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a person who consults’): probably from French, from Latin consultare, frequentative of consulere ‘take counsel’.