assent

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英语

发音

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• 国际音标^(帮助): /əˈsɛnt/
• 韵部：-ɛnt
• 同音词：ascent

词源

源自中古英语 assent (名词)。assenten (动词)，源自古法语 assent (名词)、assentir (动词)。

动词

assent (第三人称单数简单现在时 assents，现在分词 assenting，一般过去时及过去分词 assented)

1. (不及物) 批准，同意，赞成；承认，证实，明确
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 章号 7, 出自 The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, 第 (please specify |volume=I to V) 卷s, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     The princess assented to all that was suggested.

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   • 2012, Spectral Mortuary, Lapidated
   • :To assent to the words
     Of medieval law
     To pay a corporal price
     To death, by lapidation
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 24:9:

     And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

近义词

• (批准，同意)： consent
• (承认，证实，明确)： affirm, allow, astipulate, aver, soothe, stipulate

名词

assent (可数 和 不可数，复数 assents)

1. 批准，同意，赞成

   I will give this act my assent.

   我会同意这项法案。

   • 1960 January, “Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger”, 出自 Trains Illustrated，第 9 页:

     A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny.

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   • 2014, Ian McEwan, The Children Act, Penguin Random House (2018)，第 128 页:

     He lowered his head in assent.

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近义词

• approval, consent, sanction

相关词汇

• assentor

异序词

• antses, sanest, snaste, stanes, steans

拉丁语

动词

assent

1. assō 的第三人称复数现在时主动态虚拟式