跟專業人士的一場會面
把「去問」縮小成一次具體的約診或會面：你坐進診間，把問題說出來，對方給你判斷。同一件事看成一個過程時，就是第三個意思。
meeting with a doctor · noun · B1
a meeting with a doctor or another expert to get advice or treatment.
會診；諮詢（會面）
核心畫面
Picture the step that happens before a decision is made: people sit down, the ones who know something or will be affected get to speak, and only then does anyone decide. Consultation is the name for that step — the going-and-asking, seen as an event or a process.
可以想成：決定之前多出來的那一步——大家坐下來，懂的人或會受影響的人先講話，講完才拍板。consultation 就…更多收起
可以想成：決定之前多出來的那一步——大家坐下來，懂的人或會受影響的人先講話，講完才拍板。consultation 就是這一步的名字，是動詞 consult（去請教）變成的名詞，可以指一場會面，也可以指整個過程。From the picture
查閱資料
把請教的對象從人換成書面資料，動作一樣是「去翻來找答案」，只是這次沒有人回話。這個用法屬於正式書面語，日常很少出現。
looking up a record · noun · B2
The act of looking in a book or record to find information.
查閱
Also in this word
meeting for opinions · noun · B1
a talk in which people who care about a plan or problem can give their opinions before a decision is made.
諮詢；徵詢意見
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Consultationname
- 1
The 42nd sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
consultationnoun/ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən/
- 1
The act of consulting.
- Plans were prepared under the auspices of the L.S.W.R. by W. R. Galbraith and R. F. Church, with J. F. Greathead in consultation, for a deep-level electric line on the tube principle, 1½ miles long, from a point under the main-line terminus at Waterloo to the eastern end of Queen Victoria Street, […].
- Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night.
- 2
A conference for the exchange of information and advice.
- Last month I went to a "consultation" on racism and sexism sponsored by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It was the first of a series of five conferences designed to bring people together fighting racism and sexiam ^([sic]) to discuss […]
- 3
An appointment or meeting with a professional person, such as a doctor.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。