The Department of Health declared its intention to consider the move in November 2010 and consulted through 2012.
2016年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
咨询;请教;请示(以获得许可)
If you consult an expert or someone senior to you or consult with them, you ask them for their opinion and advice about what you should do or their permission to do something.
If a person or group of people consults with other people or consults them, they talk and exchange ideas and opinions about what they might decide to do.