一、详细释义：

v.

授予；给予 [T]

例句：

Diploma is confer on the student who have completed all courses of study.

修完全部课程的学生被授予毕业证书。

例句：

Ordinarily, the articles of association of the company will confer upon them wide management powers.

一般而言，公司章程授予他们广泛的管理权力。

商讨；协商 [I]

例句：

We should confer with them on matters of mutual concern.

我们应该跟他们就共同关心的问题进行商讨。

例句：

The intelligence oversight act requires that you confer with the gang of eight on this.

情报监督行动需要你和八人组交换意见。

二、词义辨析：

consult,negotiate,confer

这些动词均含“协商、商量”之意。consult多指向权威或有识之士请教或咨询。negotiate正式用词，指双方通过争论或讨论最后达成协议等；也指通过商议从而解决问题。confer正式用词，强调对观点或意见的交换。

三、参考例句：

Confer posthumous honors on a person.

死后追赠勋位给某人。

We should confer with them on matters of mutual concern.

我们应该跟他们就共同关心的问题进行商讨。

The invention will confer a benefit on all invalids.

这项发明将有助于所有的残疾人。

One firm's activities confer benefits on other firms.

一个厂商的活动给其它厂商提供了好处。

There were a few people whom Mr. Simpson wished to confer with.

辛普森先生想要与几个人商议一下。

Diploma is confer on the student who have completed all courses of study.

修完全部课程的学生被授予毕业证书。

He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a decision.

他想与他的同事先商议一下再作出决定。

That guilt, though it may attain temporal splendor, can never confer real happiness.

犯罪的人纵能荣耀一时，却不能得到真正的幸福。

Ordinarily, the articles of association of the company will confer upon them wide management powers.

一般而言，公司章程授予他们广泛的管理权力。

The new corporate leaders often fly to Washington to confer with government officials on national policy.

这些新的公司领导人常常飞往华盛顿，同政府官员商讨国家的政策。