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assenting

/uh-sent/US // əˈsɛnt //UK // (əˈsɛnt) //

同意的,同意,赞同,赞成

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to agree or concur; subscribe to: to assent to a statement.
    • : to give in; yield; concede: Assenting to his demands, I did as I was told.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : agreement, as to a proposal; concurrence.
    • : acquiescence; compliance.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Examples

  • At the very least Obama does have to get congressional assent in the near future.

  • There was a ripple of assent in the crowd as the word spread.

  • CEO Mark Thompson for his advice on how she should broach the subject with Baquet and try to get his assent.

  • The crowd of political newcomers, and former Labour and Conservative voters roared their assent.

  • The crowd on the floor responded with a half-hearted murmur of assent.

  • The stout brigadier grunted an assent and rolled monumentally down the Avenue.

  • The nod of assent was given, and the permission put in force with hearty good will.

  • Danton insisted that they must overlook the massacres, and give at least an implied assent to their necessity.

  • Many, therefore, who did not assent to all that the King had said, joined in a loud hum of approbation when he concluded.

  • The doctor made a sound of sorrowful assent, as if much struck; then said, "you don't mean he has never been there since?"