refer學測 L4KK [rəˈfɝ]/rəˈfɝ/
提到;談及;指涉·查閱;參考(資料、來源)·轉介到別的地方或人
查資料、問路都可能用到
If you don't know a word, you can always refer to a dictionary.

如果你不懂一個字,你隨時可以查閱字典。

在醫院轉診系統裡,「referral」就是醫生把你轉去看其他專科,這個字跟 refer 是同一家族。

一個畫面:食指指向遠方

順口一提話題中順勢帶到某事
指向資料手指向書本或網頁找答案
指向他處把人指向另一個窗口或單位

義項

順口一提A2verb提到;談及;指涉
In her speech, she didn't mention the accident directly, but she did refer to it.
在演講中,她沒有直接提到那場意外,但確實有提及。
refer to a topicrefer to an event
指向資料A2verb查閱;參考(資料、來源)
When writing a research paper, it is important to refer to reliable sources.
寫研究報告時,查閱可靠的資料來源很重要。
refer to a dictionaryrefer to a textbook
指向他處A2verb轉介到別的地方或人
When a customer had a question about the product, the customer service representative would refer them to the company's website for more information.
當顧客對產品有疑問時,客服人員會把他們轉介到公司網站以取得更多資訊。
refer a patientrefer a customer

片語

refer to指向查閱 →提到某事或查閱資料
refer back to回頭參考 →回頭去查看之前的內容
be referred to as被稱為 →被稱呼為某個名稱

你會不會這樣說?

查閱資料的動詞用法,該用「refer to」還是「reference to」?

看答案

refer to

refer 是動詞可直接加 to;reference 是名詞不能這樣用。

I always ___ to my notes before a test. (refer / prefer)

看答案

refer

refer 是查資料;prefer 是比較喜歡,兩字形似但意思不同。

字族

reference 參考;參考資料(名詞)・referral 轉介;轉診(名詞)

順路看看

延伸練習

回報這個字的錯誤