refer: [14] To refer something is etymologically to ‘carry it back’. The word comes via Old French referer from Latin referre, a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ and ferre ‘carry’ (source of English fertile and related to English bear). Of its derivatives, referee [16] is an English coinage, and referendum [19] is an adoption of the neuter gerundive of referre – literally, ‘that which is to be referred’. Relātus, which was used as the past participle of Latin referre, has given English relate. => bear, referee, referendum
refer (v.)
late 14c., "to trace back (to a first cause), attribute, assign," from Old French referer (14c.) and directly from Latin referre "to relate, refer," literally "to carry back," from re- "back" (see re-) + ferre "carry" (see infer). Meaning "to commit to some authority for a decision" is from mid-15c.; sense of "to direct (someone) to a book, etc." is from c. 1600. Related: Referred; referring.
双语例句
1. He could refer the matter to the high court.
他可以将此事交由高等法院裁决。
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2. Only your family doctor can refer you to a surgeon.
只有你的家庭医生才能把你介绍给外科医生。
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3. But he then went on to refer very directly to the argument.
不过接下来他就直切主题提到了那场争论。
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4. All employees will refer to each other by the honorific suffix "san".
所有雇员相互称呼时都须在名字后添加敬语san（日语表示“先生”，“女士”）。
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5. May I refer you back to my earlier remarks on this subject?