Assent
[ə'sent] or [ə'sɛnt]
解释:
(noun.) agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; 'he gave his assent eagerly'; 'a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly'.
(verb.) to agree or express agreement; 'The Maestro assented to the request for an encore'.
德洛丽丝整理--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To admit a thing as true; to express one's agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession.
(v.) The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence.
凯西整理
同义词及近义词:
v. n. Agree (as to a matter of opinion), CONSENT, concur, acquiesce, subscribe, yield, yield assent, give consent, fall in, go with the stream, go with the current.
n. Consent, agreement, concurrence, acquiescence, allowance.
整理:塔尼娅
同义词及反义词:
[See CONCEDE]
SYN:Coincidence, agreement, concert, acknowledgment, consent, acquiescence,approval, concurrence, approbation, compliance
ANT:Dissent, disagreement, difference, disavowal, repudiation, declension,disclaimer, protest
弗洛伊德手打
解释:
v.i. to think or concur with to admit as true (with to).—n. an agreeing or acquiescence: compliance.—adj. Assentā′neous ready to agree.—ns. Assent′er Assent′or one of the eight voters who indorse the proposer and seconder's nomination of a candidate for election to the parliament of the United Kingdom.—adjs. Assen′tient Assent′ive.—adv. Assent′ingly.—n. Assent′iveness.—Royal Assent in England the sovereign's formal acquiescence in a measure which has passed the two Houses of Parliament.
录入:卢
例句:
- Mr. Pickwick nodded assent. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I incautiously gave a qualified assent to this. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- She gave a quick nod of assent just as the other two came up. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- But any of these might subsequently be included with the assent of two thirds of the Assembly. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- I gave my assent to her request; and she left me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Observation and recognition, belief and assent, then become names for lazy acquiescence in what is externally presented. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- George, with a look of assent and sympathy, makes another bow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Oh, count on him, his wife assented gaily. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- So it might, little woman, my guardian assented. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Quite mad, I assented; as mad as a March hare. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I say be happy, too,' assented the still pensive Mr Boffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- Louis Moore assented with a low Hear, hear! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Mr. Wopsle, with a majestic remembrance of old discomfiture, assented; but not warmly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- To be sure,' assented Mrs. Sparsit, eating muffin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- Mr. Tulkinghorn assents. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Yes, Lady Tippins,' assents Mortimer; 'as they say on the stage, “Even so! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The ironmaster, repressing his amused smile, assents. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- There's something in that, his wife assents; but so it is, Lignum. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Let us see, mademoiselle assents, with many angry and tight nods of her head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- In pompous nothings on his side, and civil assents on that of his cousins, their time passed till they entered Meryton. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- And so they produced a moral collapse by not assenting to it. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Mr. George, entirely assenting, puts on his hat and prepares to march with Mr. Bagnet to the enemy's camp. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The old girl promptly makes a sign of entreaty to him to say nothing; assenting with a nod, he suffers them to enter as he shuts the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- His Grace was at that time in the constant habit of assenting to whatever anybody said, good or bad. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Said Mrs Podsnap to Mr Podsnap, assenting, 'Almost eighteen. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
整理:华莱士