advisory
advisory — adjective
1. describes a person, group, or document whose job is to share expert opinions and
describes a person, group, or document whose job is to share expert opinions and suggestions, rather than to make final decisions or carry out the work.
Dr. Noa serves on an advisory panel that helps the Ministry of Health plan flu vaccines.
advisory + panel/board/committee
Bram took an advisory role at the start-up after retiring from his bank.
advisory role / advisory capacity
The lawyer's letter was purely advisory and did not require any immediate action from Kenji.
Xiomara joined the school's advisory board to share what he had learned in twenty years of teaching.
The committee has only advisory power, so the mayor can ignore its recommendations.
- consultative
more formal; stresses being consulted before a decision is made
- advising
less common as an adjective; mainly used in titles like 'advising professor'
文法句型
advisory + noun
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun (advisory board, advisory role, advisory committee). When used after a verb like 'be', it usually contrasts with binding decisions: 'the report is advisory, not binding'.
常見錯誤
advisory — noun
1. a public notice from a government office or other authority that tells people ab
a public notice from a government office or other authority that tells people about a danger, a health risk, or weather they should know about, and often suggests what to do.
The weather service issued a flood advisory for towns along the Tamsui River last night.
issue an advisory; advisory for + place
Tourists ignored the travel advisory and drove into the smoke-covered hills near Chiayi.
travel advisory
The city posted a heat advisory and asked older residents to stay indoors during the afternoon.
Linnea read a security advisory from her bank warning customers about a new phishing email.
After the earthquake, the government released an advisory on safe drinking water.
文法句型
issue/release an advisory
advisory on/about + noun
用法筆記
Subject is usually an institution (a weather agency, government, bank, company), not a private person. The advisory itself is the public notice — not the act of advising. Common compound forms: travel advisory, weather advisory, health advisory, security advisory.