liaise

Word family

li·aise /liˈeɪz/ verb [intransitiveI]

CONTACT somebodyto exchange information with someone who works in another organization or department so that you can both be more effective 联络，联系

liaise with

Council officers are liaising closely with local groups.

市政会官员与地方团体联系密切。

liaise between

The education officer liaises between students, schools and colleges.

教育官在学生与学校之间充当联络人。

Examples from the Corpus

liaise• Skinner was also given responsibility for liaising closely with the troika at the apex of Bush's re-election campaign.• Teams attempting to develop the service infrastructure undoubtedly try to liaise with and support voluntary groups, as the Nottinghamshire experience shows.• Confidentiality is assured, unless the interviewee requests the Welfare Officer to liaise with line or other management staff.• This includes identifying sites of particular importance and liaising with local authorities, site owners and tenants to improve protection and access.• In its future strategy St William's has to liaise with many existing institutions and agencies, at higher or lower levels.• The role will include liaising with social services departments, other statutory authorities and national and regional blind groups.• He had put a Chief Superintendent in charge and suggested to him that he should liaise with the Royalbion security people.

From Longman Business Dictionary

liaiseli·aise /liˈeɪz/ verb [intransitiveI]

to make sure that information is passed between people, departments, or organizations so that they can work effectively

liaise with

You should liaise with other staff on training provision.

Origin liaise

(1900-2000) liaison

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

BNC: 11604 COCA: 39645

liaise

verb

(especially BrE)

ADVERB | PREPOSITION

ADVERB

➤closely, directly密切聯絡；直接聯繫

PREPOSITION

➤between建立⋯之間的聯繫

◇Her job is to liaise between the school and the home.她的工作就是在學校與家庭之間充當聯絡人。

➤with與⋯聯繫

◇The tax office liaises closely with our department on such matters.在這些事務上，稅務局與我們部門聯繫很緊密。

BNC: 11604 COCA: 39645

liaise

To discuss something: discuss, consider, talk...