一、详细释义:


n.

准许,赞同,同意;(意见等的)一致


例句:

A contract is invalidated if only one party signs it.

如果只有一方签字,契约即无效。


例句:

I definitely will give my consent to your plan.

我当然同意您的计划。


v.

同意,赞成,赞同,答应,允许 [I]


例句:

The firm will consent to your taking a leave of absence.

公司会允许你请假。


例句:

He finally consented to go.

他最终同意去了。


二、词义辨析:


agree,consent,approve,comply,subscribe

这些动词均含“同意、赞同”之意。 agree普通用词,侧重指对某事同其他人有相同的意见或想法。 consent指同意别人的请求、建议或满足他人的愿望,着重意愿或感情,常和to连用。 approve侧重对认为正确或满意的事表示赞同或批准。作不及物动词用时,常与of连用。 comply指答应某人已经提出或可能要求做的某事,与with连用。 subscribe指完全地赞成已阐明的立场。多用于比较愿意支持一种立场或为一种立场所辩护的情况。


三、相关短语:


tacit consent

默许


age of consent

n. 承诺年龄


advice and consent

【法】 咨询和同意


consent decree

【经】 同意令, 核准令


四、参考例句:


Because silence is consent, duh.

因为沉默就是妥协。


He gave a ready consent.

他立即爽快地表示同意。


He yielded his consent to the project.

他同意了这个项目。


I'm sure she wouldn't consent.

我敢肯定她不会答应的。


I am sorry I cannot consent to your request.

对不起,我不能答应你的要求。


My father will never give his consent to our marriage.

我父亲决不会同意我们的婚姻。


He left the company by mutual consent last year.

他经过双方同意去年离职了。


They would not consent to my leaving school.

他们不同意我辍学。


I definitely will give my consent to your plan.

我当然同意您的计划。


Shakespeare is, by common consent, the greatest English dramatist.

莎士比亚被公认是英国最伟大的剧作家。