1. 定义：referral可以作为名词或动词使用，表示建议或推荐某人或某事物去找专家或其他机构寻求帮助或解决问题。
2. 用途：在医疗、教育、就业等领域都有使用。在医学中，医生可能会将患者推荐到其他专业医生或医院寻求更好的治疗。在教育中，老师可能会将学生推荐到课外辅导或其他教育机构。在就业中，招聘人员可能会建议求职者寻求其他职业转型的机会。
3. 同义词：reference，recommendation
4. 相关短语：
– referral letter 推荐信
– referral program 推荐计划
– referral link 推广链接
– referral bonus 推荐奖金
5. 英汉示例句：
– We received a referral from your doctor and would like to schedule an appointment. (我们收到了你医生的推荐，并希望安排一个预约。)
– The teacher made a referral to a tutor for the struggling student. (老师为学习困难的学生推荐了一位辅导老师。)
– The company offers a referral program for current employees to recommend candidates for open positions. (公司为现有员工提供推荐计划，以推荐候选人填补空缺职位。)
– Please provide a referral letter from a previous employer or supervisor. (请提供前雇主或主管的推荐信。)
– I received a referral bonus for recommending a friend to join the company. (我因为将一位朋友推荐加入公司，获得了推荐奖金。)
翻译：推荐、介绍、提到
读音：[rɪˈfɜrəl]
例句：
1. I received a referral for a new job from a friend. (我从一个朋友那里获得了一份新工作的推荐。)
2. The doctor wrote a referral for me to see a specialist. (医生给我开了一张转诊单去看专家。)
3. The article made a referral to a study done by Harvard researchers. (这篇文章提到了哈佛研究员的一项研究。)
referral通常被翻译为”者、转诊病人”的意思，在英美地区还有”指派”的意思，发音音标为[ri’fә:rәl]，referral常被用作名词，在《郎文当代高级英语辞典》中，共找到77个与referral相关的句子。
1.者
例句:Legs, then there a stovepipe, and in the United States of Belo pretty on stovepipe referral cream, chili peppers and coffee are two. (腿部的话，有一款瘦腿的，在美俏上有引荐的贝罗的瘦腿霜，有辣椒和咖啡两种。)
2.转诊病人
例句:Get a referral from a friend, relative or even a guy you’ve dated. (找一位朋友推荐， 相对的，甚至一个人你已经过时了。)
3.指派
例句:Thus, FJ pain may occasionally produce a pain referral pattern indistinguishable from disc herniation. (因此，这种偶然产生的疼痛可能与椎间盘突出导致的疼痛相混淆。)
4.查阅、指派
例句:When Lisa got back, we officially accepted Holt’s referral. (翻译:丽莎回来以后，我们正式接受了霍尔特提供的人选。)
referral一般作为名词使用，如在employee referral(员工推荐)、referral category(转诊种类)、referral disposition(转诊处置)等常见短语中出现较多。
1. Thus, FJ pain may occasionally produce a pain referral pattern indistinguishable from disc herniation. (翻译:因此，这种偶然产生的疼痛可能与椎间盘突出导致的疼痛相混淆。)
2. When Lisa got back, we officially accepted Holt’s referral. (翻译:丽莎回来以后，我们正式接受了霍尔特提供的人选。)
3. Anyway, it doesn’t matter what he believes because his referral’s actually gonna help us get her back to the States. (翻译:不管他信什么 他的转诊书能帮我们带她回美国)
4. She then said to me that I needed a Neurologist, I told her I had tried to get a referral and had been refused. (翻译:然后她告诉我，我需要一个神经科专门医生，我告诉她，我曾经试图咨询此事，但被拒绝了。)
5. My business is 1 00% referral and, thus far, untraceable. (翻译:我的业务是1 00％referraI ，迄今下落不明。)
6. For instance, the referral of the crimes in Darfur to the International Criminal Court, which the Bush administration doesn’t like. (翻译:例如，把达尔富尔的罪犯转给 国际法庭， 这是美国不喜欢的方式。)
7. “Early referral to an otolaryngologist is indicated in the most severe cases or where symptoms are out of proportion with findings,” Sherris said. (翻译:在严重情况下或症状与发现不相符时，可尽早推荐耳鼻喉专家。)
8. To counter the terrorist propaganda spreading all over the internet, in Europe, Internet Referral Units are being set up, so that people can report on extremist content that they find and get it censored. (翻译:为了对抗 在网络上的大肆宣扬， 欧洲成立了互联网参照部， 这样民众就可以报告 他们发现的极端主义内容， 使这些内容经受。)
9. Unfortunately, up-to-date information about waiting lists is not usually available to the GP and patient when they decide about a referral. (翻译:不幸的是，等候名单的信息更新通常并不能为准备转诊的GP和患者所用。)
10. Referral Web uses a general full Web indexing engine (currently AltaVista) to match individuals to topic areas. (翻译:提名网用户使用一个常规的完整的网络索引引擎去匹配用户的主题区域。)
11. As hiring picks up, more companies are revamping their employee-referral programs. (翻译:随着用工率的回升，更多公司开始改进其员工推荐计划。)
12. – His receptionist called me with a referral to another doctor. (翻译:怎么了？ 他的秘书打电话给我 推荐了另一名医生)
13. The advice of a nutritionist or dietitian may be helpful. If needed, ask your oncologist for a referral. (翻译:如果需要的话，也可以请你的肿瘤科医生推荐有关专家指导饮食。)
14. Um, I will get to your questions When I come back to examine you, okay? Referral was golding. golding. (翻译:Anthony Meloy xx岁 男 步行时撞上车 左臂有伤 脸部身体均受创)
15. I started using Twitter more actively only 6 months ago and believe it or not, Twitter is now one of my best referral source! (翻译:我在六个月前开始更加积极地使用Twitter，不管你信不信，现在Twitter已经是我吸引客户的最佳途径了！)
referral作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有s、referrals等。
