consultation
The process requires a period of consultation with local landowners.
Many people were alarmed that the President had approved the intervention without consultation with his key allies.
The government has stepped up consultations with groups in the region.
After consultations with our accountants, we've decided how to cut costs within the company.与会计们商讨后，我们确定了如何削减公司内部的开支。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Questioning people & asking questions in general
ask after someone
ask questions of someone/somethingidiom
be someone's for the askingidiom
beat something out of someone
bombard
consultative
Gallup poll
inquisition
pin someone down
ply someone with something
poll
pry
put someone through the millidiom
put someone through the wringeridiom
put someone to somethingidiom
rhetorical question
roll
shoot
survey
trick question

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Giving advice