1. 同意，赞成，赞同，赞许
2. 答应，准许，许可
3. 万能插座，万能插口，塞孔
4. 正式批准文件，批文

1. 答应，允许，准许，应允
2. 同意，赞成，赞同
3. 持相同意见；一致

1. [U]准许,同意,赞成 agreement or permission

1. vt. & vi. 同意; 赞成 agree; give approval or permission

1. permission to do something;

   "he indicated his consent"
   

1. give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to;

   "I cannot accept your invitation"
   "I go for this resolution"
   

1.许可;允许
If you give yourconsent to something, you give someone permission to do it.

e.g. At approximately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave hisconsent to the search...
大概晚上11点半的时候，波拉德最终同意进行搜查。
e.g. Can my child be medically examined without myconsent?
能不经我的同意就对我的孩子进行体检吗？

2.同意;允许
If youconsent to something, you agree to do it or to allow it to be done.

e.g. He finally consented to go...
他最终同意去了。
e.g. He asked Ginny if she wouldconsent 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。

3. see also: age of consent

4.经一致同意;经双方同意
If something happensby common consent orby mutual consent, it happens as the result of an agreement between the people or groups involved.

e.g. By commonconsent 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。
e.g. He left the company by mutualconsent last September.
去年9月，经双方同意，他离开了公司。

5.经普遍同意
You can useby general consent orby common consent to indicate that most people agree that something is true.

e.g. By commonconsent 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。

1. 答应：但是平原君知道,楚国为了自保是不愿意轻易答应(consent)出兵救援赵国的,因此这次去楚国搬救兵的困难十分巨大. 于是平原君就带了二十个门客去说服动员楚王. 平原君心想,万一谈不成功,楚王不肯出兵救援赵国,他就用武力强迫楚王同意.

2. 赞成：它不是表现为强制,而是通过被统治者的积极赞成(consent)而实施的统治. (3)这个概念的精微与深刻之处在于:葛兰西感觉到了现代西方资产阶级民主社会(或市民社会)中支配关系的新形态,即它比以赤裸裸的武力为基础的统治权力更为含蓄、复杂、多元,

3. 允诺：这个组织认为,一个软件是否为间谍软件可以从三个方面来判断:通知(notice),允诺(consent)以及控制(control). 在安装一个应用软件的时候,用户应该知道这个工具的用途. 用户应该有权力安装,删除软件.

1. The car had been taken without the owner's consent.
   这辆汽车未经车主许可就让人给开走了。
2. We have mother's consent to go swimming.
   母亲同意我们去游泳。

1. My parents have consented.
   我父母已经同意了。

1. Joe's mother consents to let him live with his girl friend, but his father doesn't.
   乔的母亲同意让他和女朋友住在一起,但他的父亲却反对。

1. He consented that his house should be searched.
   他同意搜查他的房子。

by common consent

公认 generally acknowledge

consent to( v.+prep. )

同意,答应 giving one's permission, when requested, for sth
consent to sth/v-ing

Her father reluctantly consented to the marriage.

她父亲勉强地答应了这桩婚姻。

My father won't consent to my leaving school.

我父亲不会同意让我辍学。

• The consent of a Subject to Soveraign Power.

  出自：Hobbes

• I must have your consent as I'm not of age until May.

  出自：N. Mitford

• Silence gives consent.

  出自：Proverb

• All your writers do consent that ipse is he.

  出自：As You Like It,Shakespeare

1. consent用作名词时的意思是“同意”,只用作不可数名词,可接动词不定式或介词to引导的短语。

1. consent作为不及物动词，后可接to或者不定式。

   Would you consent to ths advise?
   Would you consent to give/giving him second chance?

2. consent作为名词，后也可接to或不定式。

   His consent to the proposal.
   His consent to consider the proposal.

3. consent在接不定式时，不定式后的动作的主语会不一样。

   The girl has got her mother's consent to take her to the pictures.
   take属于母亲的动作。

   The girl has got her mother's consent to go to the pictures.
   go属于女孩的动作。

consent, agree, approve, assent, be for

这组词的共同意思是“同意”。其区别是：

1.agree指多方面达成一致意见,暗含先有分歧,经协商或讨论后取得共识; approve, assent, consent都指单方面的同意、允诺(意见,建议等); be for则指在一些相互对立的立场、观点、意见中表示拥护其中之一,例如：

Father does not approve of him marrying so young.

父亲不同意他那么年轻就结婚。

I won't assent to such a theory.

我不能同意这样的理论。

The school authorities consented to post- pone the examination.

校方同意推迟考试日期。

I am not for having it at once.

我不赞成立即办此事。

2.consent多用于上对下, approve可以用于平级,也可用于上对下。assent和 agree 则多用于平级,例如:

The school committee consented to our proposals.

校委同意我们的建议。

I quite approve of the idea of your plan.

我很赞成你计划中的构想。

The session approved the report.

大会批准了这个报告。

The majority assented to my views on the matter.

大多数人都同意我对这个问题的看法。

I agree with every word you have said.

你所说的每句话我都同意。

3.be for主要用于口语; agree和approve可用于日常用语,也可用于正式场合; assent和consent主要用于正式场合。在这组词中agree最常用。

4.approve在正式场合可用作及物动词,在日常用语里可用作不及物动词, consent和assent只用作不及物动词。consent后接to, approve后接of, assent后接to。

5.assent只用于肯定句; agree, approve和consent可用于肯定句,也可用于否定句。例如:

He assented to the doctor's assertion that his son was ill, but would not consent to having him hospitalized.医生说他儿子有病,他同意这一诊断,但不同意让他住院。

consent, promise

这两个词都有“答应”的意思。其区别是：

promise是“自己主动答应”这一概念,含有自觉主动的意味; 而consent则是“答应人家的要求”,含有被动的意味。试比较:

Our director has promised to make a speech.

我们的主任已答应作个报告。

(是他主动答应的)

We asked our director to make a speech and he consented.

我们要求主任作个报告,他答应了。

(是我们要求的)

agree，consent，approve，comply，subscribe

这些动词均含“同意、赞同”之意。

agree普通用词，侧重指对某事同其他人有相同的意见或想法。

consent指同意别人的请求、建议或满足他人的愿望，着重意愿或感情，常和to连用。

approve侧重对认为正确或满意的事表示赞同或批准。作不及物动词用时，常与of连用。

comply指答应某人已经提出或可能要求做的某事，与with连用。

subscribe指完全地赞成已阐明的立场。多用于比较愿意支持一种立场或为一种立场所辩护的情况。

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的consentir；最初源自拉丁语的consentire：con (一起） + sentire (感觉，情感），意为同情，同感。