an opinion or a suggestion about what somebody should do
in a particular situation
劝告；忠告；建议；意见
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expert/practical/professional/medical advice
专家/实用/专业/医疗建议
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We were advised to seek legal advice.
有人劝我们找律师咨询。
- advice on something
The service offers information and advice on possible careers.
该服务提供关于可能职业的信息和建议。
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Ask your teacher's advice on how
to prepare for the exam.
请教老师如何备考。
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Ask your teacher for advice on
how to prepare for the exam.
向你的老师咨询如何准备考试。
- advice about something
They give good advice to parents
about managing difficult behaviour.
他们给父母提供了管理困难行为的好建议。
- advice from somebody
We were advised to seek advice from an expert.
有人建议我们向专家寻求建议。
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Let me give you a piece of advice.
让我给你一个忠告。
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A word of advice. Don't wear that dress.
一句忠告：别穿那件连衣裙。
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Take my advice. Don't do it.
听我的劝告，别干这件事。
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Follow your doctor's advice.
听从医生的建议。
- on the advice of somebody
I went there on the advice of a friend.
我听从一个朋友的建议去了那里。
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I chose it on his advice.
我这是照他的建议选择的。
- against the advice of somebody
She went back to work against the advice of her doctor (= her doctor advised her not to).
她违背医生的建议回去工作了。
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The centre offers a free and confidential advice service.
该中心提供免费和保密的咨询服务。
Advice is uncountable. we say a piece
of advice (not ‘an advice’) and some advice (not ‘some advices’).
Express Yourself Giving somebody
advice
Giving somebody advice
提出建议
There are a number of tactful ways of telling people what you think they should
do:
给别人提建议时有一些较为得体的表达方式：
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If I were you, I'd wait.
如果我是你，我会等等看。
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I think you should/ought to see a
doctor.
我觉得你该去看看医生。
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Why don't you/Why not/Could you maybe ask
Tom to help?
你为什么不／你或许可以找汤姆帮忙？
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If you want my advice/If you want to know what I
think, I'd say it's better to tell him.
如果你想听我的建议／如果你想知道我的想法，我认为最好还是告诉他。
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I'd advise you to sell it now.
我劝你现在就卖掉它。
Extra Examples
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Can you give me some advice on where to buy good maps?
你能告诉我哪儿能买到好的地图吗？
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I think my lawyer gave me the wrong advice.
我觉得律师给我的建议是错误的。
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I wished that I had followed her advice.
我真希望当初听从了她的建议。
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I hope I can pass on some useful advice.
希望我能提供一些有用的建议。
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Here is some advice for pregnant women.
这是给孕妇的一些建议。
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I will refrain from giving unsolicited advice.
我不会主动提供任何建议。
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It is essential to seek expert advice from a mental health
professional.
咨询精神健康专业人士的意见至关重要。
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My advice to you would be to wait a few months.
我建议你等几个月。
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On the advice of his experts he bought another company.
他接受专家的建议，收购了另一家公司。
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Permission was given against the advice of the planning officers.
规划官员的建议未被采纳，许可证还是颁发了。
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That's very sound advice.
那是个非常合理的建议。
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The Local Authority runs an advice centre in the town.
当地政府在镇上设立了一个咨询中心。
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The website gives free, impartial advice on all aspects of saving
energy.
该网站提供免费的、公正的、全方位的节能建议。
Topics Suggestions and
advicea1, Opinion and argumenta1
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- constructive
- excellent
- good
- …
… of advice
verb + advice
- give (somebody)
- offer (somebody)
- pass on
- …
adverb
preposition
- against somebody’s advice
- on somebody’s advice
- advice about
- …
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French avis, based on Latin
ad ‘to’ + visum, past participle of videre ‘to see’. The original sense was ‘way of looking at something, judgement’,
which later became ‘an opinion given’.