an action to be taken when all else fails一切都失敗后采取的行動
a counsel of perfection
advice that is ideal but not feasible理想而不切實際的勸告
keep one's own counsel
say nothing about what one believes, knows, or plans對信仰（或所知、計劃）閉口不提
take counsel
discuss a problem商量問題；商討問題
英語四級真題
Do good to othersOther golden rules counsel us to master ourselves, to avoid excess and not to be a prosperous ( ' , 發(fā)跡的 ) fool.
出自-2016年6月閱讀原文
Other golden rules counsel us to master ourselves, to avoid excess and not to be a prosperous fool.
2016年6月四級真題（第二套）閱讀 Section B
英語六級真題
We help guide people to critical resources and counsel them on life-changing decisions.
出自-2016年12月聽力原文
"A comparison point is in the 1990s battles over encryption," said Kurt Opsahl, general counsel of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a privacy watchdog group.