proffer

verb

🔊/ˈprɒfə(r)/

🔊/ˈprɑːfər/

(formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they proffer	🔊/ˈprɒfə(r)/ 🔊/ˈprɑːfər/
he / she / it proffers	🔊/ˈprɒfəz/ 🔊/ˈprɑːfərz/
past simple proffered	🔊/ˈprɒfəd/ 🔊/ˈprɑːfərd/
past participle proffered	🔊/ˈprɒfəd/ 🔊/ˈprɑːfərd/
-ing form proffering	🔊/ˈprɒfərɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈprɑːfərɪŋ/

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to offer something to somebody, by holding it out to them端着（给…）；递上
- proffer something ‘Try this,’ she said, proffering a plate.“尝尝这个吧。” 她端上一盘菜说。🔊🔊
- He bent forward to kiss her proffered cheek.他弯腰亲吻她宽容的脸颊。
- proffer somebody something She proffered him her cheek to kiss.她给他面颊亲吻。
- proffer something to somebody She proffered her cheek to him to kiss.她把脸颊给他亲吻。
to offer something such as advice or an explanation提出，提供（建议、解释等）
- proffer something I wonder if I might proffer an opinion?我想知道我是否可以发表意见？
- proffer something to somebody What advice would you proffer to someone starting up in business?您对初入商界的人有何建议？🔊🔊
- proffer somebody something What advice would you proffer her?您对她有什么忠告？🔊🔊
- proffer itself A solution proffered itself.一个解答自然出现了。🔊🔊
Topics Suggestions and advicec2

Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French proffrir, from Latin pro- ‘before’ + offerre ‘to offer’.