assent

noun

/əˈsent/

[uncountable] (formal)

assent (to something) official agreement to or approval of something同意；赞成
- The director has given her assent to the proposals.负责人已表示同意提案。
- He nodded (his) assent.他点头同意了。
- There were murmurs of both assent and dissent from the crowd.人群议论纷纷，赞成和反对的都有。
- The bill passed in Parliament has now received (the) Royal Assent (= been approved by the king/queen).议会通过的法案已获御准。
- She is by common assent, the best person for the job.大家一致认为她是这项工作的最佳人选。
- She smiled in assent.她微笑着表示同意。
- They took her silence for assent.他们认为她的沉默是同意的。
- There was general assent about his achievements.他的成就得到了大家的认可。
- The government gave their assent to the project.政府批准了这项工程。
- The finance bill has yet to receive congressional assent.财政法案尚未得到国会的批准。
- The raising of taxes without the assent of Parliament was declared illegal.宣布未经议会同意而加税为不合法。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- common
- general
- universal
- …
verb + assent
- give (something)
- grant
- withhold
- …
preposition
- in assent
- with somebody’s assent
- without somebody’s assent
- …
phrases
- a murmur of assent
- a nod of assent
词源Middle English: from Old French as(s)enter (verb), as(s)ente (noun), based on Latin assentire, from ad- ‘towards’ + sentire ‘feel, think’.

assent

verb

/əˈsent/

[intransitive] (formal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they assent	/əˈsent/ /əˈsent/
he / she / it assents	/əˈsents/ /əˈsents/
past simple assented	/əˈsentɪd/ /əˈsentɪd/
past participle assented	/əˈsentɪd/ /əˈsentɪd/
-ing form assenting	/əˈsentɪŋ/ /əˈsentɪŋ/

assent (to something) | (+ speech) to agree to a request, an idea or a suggestion同意，赞成（要求、想法或建议）
- Nobody would assent to the terms they proposed.谁也不会同意他们提出的条件。
Topics Opinion and argumentc2
词源Middle English: from Old French as(s)enter (verb), as(s)ente (noun), based on Latin assentire, from ad- ‘towards’ + sentire ‘feel, think’.