advice

noun

/ədˈvaɪs/

[uncountable]

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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/实践/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.该服务提供有关可能的职业的信息和建议。
- Ask your teacher's advice on how to prepare for the exam.向老师咨询如何准备考试的建议。
- Ask your teacher for advice on how to prepare for the exam.向您的老师咨询如何准备考试的建议。
- advice about something They give good advice to parents about managing difficult behaviour.他们就处理困难行为向父母提供了很好的建议。
- advice from somebody We were advised to seek advice from an expert.建议我们寻求专家的意见。
- 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.遵照医生的建议。
- on the advice of somebody I went there on the advice of a friend.我在朋友的建议下去了那里。
- 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).她在医生的建议下回去上班（她的医生劝她不要这样做）。
- 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：
- 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 Examples
- 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？
- 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。
Topics Suggestions and advicea1, Opinion and argumenta1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- constructive
- excellent
- good
- …
… of advice
- bit
- piece
- word
- …
verb + advice
- give (somebody)
- offer (somebody)
- pass on
- …
adverb
- centre
- column
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’.