counsel /ˈkaʊnsəl/ CET4 TEM4 ( counseling, counseled, counsels )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Counsel is advice. 劝告 [正式]

  例：

  He had always been able to count on her wise counsel.

  他总是能够指望她明智的忠告。

• 2. 

  V-T If you counsel someone to take a course of action, or if you counsel a course of action, you advise that course of action. 建议; 提议 [正式]

  例：

  My advisers counselled me to do nothing.

  我的顾问建议我不要做任何事情。

• 3. 

  V-T If you counsel people, you give them advice about their problems. 提供建议

  例：

  ...a psychologist who counsels people with eating disorders.

  …一名向饮食紊乱症患者提供咨询的心理医生。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT Someone's counsel is the lawyer who gives them advice on a legal case and speaks on their behalf in court. 辩护律师

  例：

  Singleton's counsel said after the trial that he would appeal.

  庭审之后辛格尔顿的辩护律师说他会上诉。