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consent vi.同意,赞成,答应 n.同意,赞成,允诺 Consent is permission that can be given or taken away. A father might give his consent to allow a young man to marry his daughter, but he might refuse that consent if he learns that the prospective groom has a prison record. A homeowner who won't give a developer consent to tear down her house and build a shopping mall might finally consent after receiving a very large check from the developer. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]许可；允许 If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it.   [usu with poss]  [FORMAL 正式]At approximately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave his consent to the search...大概晚上11点半的时候，波拉德最终同意进行搜查。Can my child be medically examined without my consent?能不经我的同意就对我的孩子进行体检吗？2[VERB 动词]同意；允许 If you consent to something, you agree to do it or to allow it to be done.   [V to-inf]  [V to n/-ing]  [V]  [FORMAL 正式]He finally consented to go...他最终同意去了。He asked Ginny if she would consent to a small celebration after the christening...他问金尼是否同意在洗礼之后小小地庆祝一下。I was a little surprised when she consented.我有点儿吃惊她竟然同意了。3See also:age of consent；  4[PHRASE 短语]经一致同意；经双方同意 If something happens by common consent or by mutual consent, it happens as the result of an agreement between the people or groups involved.   [PHR with v]By common consent their talk avoided the reason for their being there at all...双方达成共识，他们的谈话对他们去那儿的原因完全避而不谈。He left the company by mutual consent last September.去年9月，经双方同意，他离开了公司。5[PHRASE 短语]经普遍同意 You can use by general consent or by common consent to indicate that most people agree that something is true.   [PHR with cl]By common consent this election constituted a historic step on the road to democracy.普遍认为这次选举是迈上民主之路的历史性一步。

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[kən'sent] Before you have surgery, you'd better give your consent, because the surgeon can't get his scalpel anywhere near your skin without first getting this permission from you. ★★☆☆☆ 2003.0

英语单词	consent
英美音标	[kən'sent]
中文释义	vi.同意,赞成,答应 n.同意,赞成,允诺
vocab简明	Before you have surgery, you'd better give your consent, because the surgeon can't get his scalpel anywhere near your skin without first getting this permission from you.
vocab扩展	Consent is permission that can be given or taken away. A father might give his consent to allow a young man to marry his daughter, but he might refuse that consent if he learns that the prospective groom has a prison record. A homeowner who won't give a developer consent to tear down her house and build a shopping mall might finally consent after receiving a very large check from the developer.
柯林斯星级	★★☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]许可；允许 If you give your consent to something, you give someone permission to do it. [usu with poss] [FORMAL 正式] At approximately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave his consent to the search... 大概晚上11点半的时候，波拉德最终同意进行搜查。 Can my child be medically examined without my consent? 能不经我的同意就对我的孩子进行体检吗？ 2 [VERB 动词]同意；允许 If you consent to something, you agree to do it or to allow it to be done. [V to-inf] [V to n/-ing] [V] [FORMAL 正式] He finally consented to go... 他最终同意去了。 He asked Ginny if she would consent to a small celebration after the christening... 他问金尼是否同意在洗礼之后小小地庆祝一下。 I was a little surprised when she consented. 我有点儿吃惊她竟然同意了。 3 See also:age of consent ； 4 [PHRASE 短语]经一致同意；经双方同意 If something happens by common consent or by mutual consent, it happens as the result of an agreement between the people or groups involved. [PHR with v] By common consent their talk avoided the reason for their being there at all... 双方达成共识，他们的谈话对他们去那儿的原因完全避而不谈。 He left the company by mutual consent last September. 去年9月，经双方同意，他离开了公司。 5 [PHRASE 短语]经普遍同意 You can use by general consent or by common consent to indicate that most people agree that something is true. [PHR with cl] By common consent this election constituted a historic step on the road to democracy. 普遍认为这次选举是迈上民主之路的历史性一步。
来源	2003.0

Consent Give Common Permission Finally [Formal 正式 Agree