assent

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• 國際音標^(幫助): /əˈsɛnt/
• 韻部：-ɛnt
• 同音詞：ascent

詞源

源自中古英語 assent (名詞)。assenten (動詞)，源自古法語 assent (名詞)、assentir (動詞)。

動詞

assent (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 assents，現在分詞 assenting，一般過去時及過去分詞 assented)

1. (不及物) 批准，同意，讚成；承認，證實，明確
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 章號 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.

近義詞

• (批准，同意)： consent
• (承認，證實，明確)： affirm, allow, astipulate, aver, soothe, stipulate

名詞

assent (可數 和 不可數，複數 assents)

1. 批准，同意，讚成

   I will give this act my assent.

   我會同意這項法案。

   • 1960 January, 「Talking of Trains: N.& W.-Virginian merger」, 出自 Trains Illustrated，第 9 頁:

     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 頁:

     He lowered his head in assent.

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近義詞

• approval, consent, sanction

相關詞彙

• assentor

異序詞

• antses, sanest, snaste, stanes, steans

拉丁語

動詞

assent

1. assō 的第三人稱複數現在時主動態虛擬式