consult
[kәn'sʌlt]
vi. 讨, , , 诊

vt. ...请教, 阅, 考虑

[医] 诊

1. I have consulted a number of law books in the British Museums.
   阅英博馆里许律书籍。
2. I consulted with a friend on a matter.
   件。
3. If you wish good advice, consult an old man.
   若意，老请教。

consult
[ verb ]

1. get or ask advice from

<verb.communication> confer with
Consult your local broker
They had to consult before arriving at a decision

2. seek information from

<verb.communication> look up refer
You should consult the dictionary
refer to your notes

3. have a conference in order to talk something over

<verb.communication> confab confabulate confer
We conferred about a plan of action

4. advise professionally

<verb.communication>
The professor consults for industry

Consult \Con*sult"\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]lt" or k[o^]n"s[u^]lt), n.
1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also,
the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.]

The council broke;
And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. --Dryden.

2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] ``A consult
of coquettes.'' --Swift.

3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] --Dryden.


Consult \Con*sult"\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]lt"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Consulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Consulting}.] [L. consultare,
fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. {Counsel}.]
To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to
deliberate together; to confer.

Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. --Shak.

All the laws of England have been made by the kings
England, consulting with the nobility and commons.
--Hobbes.


Consult \Con*sult"\, v. t.
1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for
information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a
physician; to consult a dictionary.

Men forgot, or feared, to consult nature . . .; they
were content to consult libraries. --Whewell.

2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard
to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

We are . . . to consult the necessities of life,
rather than matters of ornament and delight.
--L'Estrange.

3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.]

Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet
nothing was positively resolved. --Clarendon.

4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to
contrive. [Obs.]

Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting
off many people. --Hab. ii. 10.