Dissent
[dɪ'sent] or [dɪ'sɛnt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a difference of opinion.
(noun.) (law) the difference of one judge's opinion from that of the majority; 'he expressed his dissent in a contrary opinion'.
(verb.) withhold assent; 'Several Republicans dissented'.
格雷西校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To differ in opinion; to be of unlike or contrary sentiment; to disagree; -- followed by from.
(v. i.) To differ from an established church in regard to doctrines, rites, or government.
(v. i.) To differ; to be of a contrary nature.
(n.) The act of dissenting; difference of opinion; refusal to adopt something proposed; nonagreement, nonconcurrence, or disagreement.
(n.) Separation from an established church, especially that of England; nonconformity.
(n.) Contrariety of nature; diversity in quality.
編輯:马克斯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Withhold assent, refuse to agree.
n. Disagreement, difference of opinion.
整理:贾丝廷
同義詞及反義詞:
[See ASSENT_and_CONSENT]
格雷琴編輯
解釋/意思:
v.i. to think differently: to disagree in opinion: to differ (with from).—n. the act of dissenting: difference of opinion: a protest by a minority: a differing or separation from an established church.—ns. Dissen′sion disagreement in opinion: discord: strife; Dissent′er one who separates on conscientious grounds from the service and worship of an established church: a nonconformist; Dissent′erage condition of dissenters; Dissent′erism (rare).—adj. Dissen′tient declaring dissent: disagreeing.—n. one who disagrees: one who declares his dissent.—p.adj. Dissent′ing.—adv. Dissent′ingly.—adj. Dissen′tious (Shak.) disposed to discord contentious.
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例句/造句/用法:
- I am delighted, Thrasymachus, to see you not only nodding assent and dissent, but making answers which are quite excellent. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Her daughter could not quite agree with her, but her dissent was not heard, and therefore gave no offence. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- I shook my head: it required a degree of courage, excited as he was becoming, even to risk that mute sign of dissent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- If any one dissent from this, he must give a regular proof of these two propositions, viz. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- They were intolerant of questions or dissent, not because they were sure of their faith, but because they were not. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And to the class of opposites belong assent and dissent, desire and avoidance. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- The dissenting shoemaker wanted Miss Briggs to send his son to college and make a gentleman of him. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- It is only clergymen like Mr. Tyke, who want to use Dissenting hymn-books and that low kind of religion, who ever found Bulstrode to their taste. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Still in the Dissenting line, eh? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- My parents had early given me religious impressions, and brought me through my childhood piously in the dissenting way. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- They agreed with me that it looked serious; but they both strongly dissented from the view I took of the treatment. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
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