refer
verb🔊/rɪˈfɜː(r)/
🔊/rɪˈfɜːr/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they refer | 🔊/rɪˈfɜː(r)/ 🔊/rɪˈfɜːr/ |
| he / she / it refers | 🔊/rɪˈfɜːz/ 🔊/rɪˈfɜːrz/ |
| past simple referred | 🔊/rɪˈfɜːd/ 🔊/rɪˈfɜːrd/ |
| past participle referred | 🔊/rɪˈfɜːd/ 🔊/rɪˈfɜːrd/ |
| -ing form referring | 🔊/rɪˈfɜːrɪŋ/ 🔊/rɪˈfɜːrɪŋ/ |
to send somebody/something to somebody/something for help, advice or a decision 将…送交给（以求获得帮助等） - refer somebody/something to somebody/something
My doctor referred me to a specialist. 我的医生让我去找一位专家诊治。 🔊🔊 The company says it has referred the matter to its lawyers. 该公司表示已将此事转交给其律师。 The case was referred to the Court of Appeal. 这个案子被送交到上诉法院。 🔊🔊 - (formal)
May I refer you to my letter of 14 May? 请查看我 5 月 14 日给你的信。 🔊🔊 Patients should be referred to a specialist pain clinic. 患者应转诊至专门的疼痛诊所。 - refer somebody
If you are referred urgently by your GP, a specialist should see you within two weeks. 如果您的家庭医生紧急转诊您，专家应在两周内与您联系。 - refer somebody for something
She was referred for evaluation and treatment. 她被转介接受评估和治疗。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French referer or Latin referre ‘carry back’, from re- ‘back’ + ferre ‘bring’.- refer somebody/something to somebody/something