“advisory”的英英意思

单词 advisory
释义 advisory, a. (n.)|ædˈvaɪzərɪ|
[f. advise + -ory, as if ad. late L. *advīsōrius, f. late L. advīsor.]
A. adj. orig. U.S. Having the attribute of advising; giving, or tending to give, advice.
1778Result Convention at Ipswich, Essex (Mass.) 45 We think therefore that the members of that court ought never to be advisory to any officer in the state.1789Morse Amer. Geogr. (1792) 170 The churches claim no jurisdiction over each other, and the power of ecclesiastical councils is only advisory.1809D. Ramsay Hist. South Carolina II. 20 Churches, as corporations, can enforce their by-laws, but their powers as spiritual courts are merely advisory.1847in Craig.1862J. Chester in Macm. Mag. Nov. 62 The expression of their opinions is advisory only.1882Times 27 Mar. 4 There was some difference of opinion in the Advisory Board.
B. n. N. Amer.
1. spec. A bulletin issued by a meteorological office, esp. advising of adverse weather conditions; a hurricane warning.
[1931E. B. Calvert Weather Bureau 23 There are some 4,000,000 orchard heaters in use, in the operation of which the growers largely depend on advices and warnings given by the weather bureau.]1936Monthly Weather Rev. July 239/2 The first advice was disseminated at 9·30 a.m., E.S.T., of July 27 and advisories and bulletins followed.1948World Almanac (N.Y.) 118/2 The Hurricane and Storm-Warning Service prepares its highly important advisories and warnings.1958Listener 18 Sept. 417/1 When you have a house..anywhere near the sea, you become a devoted disciple of the Weather Bureau and its bulletins, or what are now horridly called ‘advisories’.1959‘F. Richards’ Practise to Deceive xi. 156 The radio said: ‘The latest advisory on the progress of the hurricane..indicates that Eva has altered course.’1974News & Reporter (Chester, S. Carolina) 22 Apr. 6-a/7 Growers are urged to follow the daily agricultural weather advisories.1985Globe & Mail (Toronto) 9 Oct. a9/4 Weather advisories were issued for all parts of Manitoba.
2. gen. A document, statement, notice, etc., which gives advice; an advisory message.
1955Bull. Atomic Sci. Sept. 247/1 This advisory, which had the force of a directive because of the willing, not to say anxious, compliance of newspaper editors and publishers, forbade mention of the heaviest element in the atomic table.1976National Observer (U.S.) 12 June 3/1 A ‘carefully worded’ security ‘advisory’.1978N.Y. Times 29 Mar. b3/4 The panel..intended to replace a controversial advisory to druggists that appeared to counsel evasion of the law.

 

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