consent
常用用法
- consent用作名詞時的意思是“同意”,只用作不可數(shù)名詞,可接動詞不定式或介詞to引導(dǎo)的短語。
- consent作為不及物動詞,后可接to或者不定式。Would you consent to ths advise? Would you consent to give/giving him second chance?
- consent作為名詞,后也可接to或不定式。His consent to the proposal. His consent to consider the proposal.
- consent在接不定式時,不定式后的動作的主語會不一樣。The girl has got her mother's consent to take her to the pictures. take屬于母親的動作。The girl has got her mother's consent to go to the pictures. go屬于女孩的動作。 返回 consent
n. (名詞)
詞語辨析
- 這組詞的共同意思是“同意”。其區(qū)別是:
- 1.agree指多方面達成一致意見,暗含先有分歧,經(jīng)協(xié)商或討論后取得共識; approve, assent, consent都指單方面的同意、允諾(意見,建議等); be for則指在一些相互對立的立場、觀點、意見中表示擁護其中之一,例如:
- Father does not approve of him marrying so young.
- 父親不同意他那么年輕就結(jié)婚。
- I won't assent to such a theory.
- 我不能同意這樣的理論。
- The school authorities consented to post- pone the examination.
- 校方同意推遲考試日期。
- I am not for having it at once.
- 我不贊成立即辦此事。
- 2.consent多用于上對下, approve可以用于平級,也可用于上對下。assent和 agree 則多用于平級,例如:
- The school committee consented to our proposals.
- 校委同意我們的建議。
- I quite approve of the idea of your plan.
- 我很贊成你計劃中的構(gòu)想。
- The session approved the report.
- 大會批準了這個報告。
- The majority assented to my views on the matter.
- 大多數(shù)人都同意我對這個問題的看法。
- I agree with every word you have said.
- 你所說的每句話我都同意。
- 3.be for主要用于口語; agree和approve可用于日常用語,也可用于正式場合; assent和consent主要用于正式場合。在這組詞中agree最常用。
- 4.approve在正式場合可用作及物動詞,在日常用語里可用作不及物動詞, consent和assent只用作不及物動詞。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.醫(yī)生說他兒子有病,他同意這一診斷,但不同意讓他住院。
- 這兩個詞都有“答應(yīng)”的意思。其區(qū)別是:
- promise是“自己主動答應(yīng)”這一概念,含有自覺主動的意味; 而consent則是“答應(yīng)人家的要求”,含有被動的意味。試比較:
- Our director has promised to make a speech.
- 我們的主任已答應(yīng)作個報告。
- (是他主動答應(yīng)的)
- We asked our director to make a speech and he consented.
- 我們要求主任作個報告,他答應(yīng)了。
- (是我們要求的)
- 這些動詞均含“同意、贊同”之意。
- agree普通用詞,側(cè)重指對某事同其他人有相同的意見或想法。
- consent指同意別人的請求、建議或滿足他人的愿望,著重意愿或感情,常和to連用。
- approve側(cè)重對認為正確或滿意的事表示贊同或批準。作不及物動詞用時,常與of連用。
- comply指答應(yīng)某人已經(jīng)提出或可能要求做的某事,與with連用。
- subscribe指完全地贊成已闡明的立場。多用于比較愿意支持一種立場或為一種立場所辯護的情況。 返回 consent