an opinion or a suggestion about what somebody should do in a particular situation 劝告;忠告;建议;意见 expert/practical/professional/medical advice 专家/实用/专业/医疗建议 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。 Ask your teacher's advice on how to prepare for the exam. 请教老师如何备考。 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。 Let me give you a piece of advice. 让我给你一个忠告。 A word of advice. Don't wear that dress. 一句忠告:别穿那件连衣裙。 Take my advice. Don't do it. 听我的劝告,别干这件事。 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。 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。 The centre offers a free and confidential advice service. 该中心提供免费和保密的咨询服务。
Express Yourself Giving somebody adviceGiving 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: If I were you, I'd wait. 如果我是你,我会等等看。
I think you should/ought to see a doctor. 我觉得你该去看看医生。
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?
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。
I'd advise you to sell it now. 我劝你现在就卖掉它。
Extra ExamplesTopics Suggestions and advicea1, Opinion and argumenta1Can 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? I think my lawyer gave me the wrong advice. 我觉得律师给我的建议是错误的。 I wished that I had followed her advice. 我真希望当初听从了她的建议。 I hope I can pass on some useful advice. 希望我能提供一些有用的建议。 Here is some advice for pregnant women. 这是给孕妇的一些建议。 I will refrain from giving unsolicited advice. 我不会主动提供任何建议。 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。 My advice to you would be to wait a few months. 我建议你等几个月。 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。 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。 That's very sound advice. 那是个非常合理的建议。 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。 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。
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More Like This Uncountable nouns often used wronglyUncountable nouns often used wronglyWord 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’.