assent• He apparently took my blank-eyed look as an assent.• The monarch gave formalassent to any legislative measure approved by the two houses.• She nodded her assent and came down from the tree.• The court gave its assent.• There was a knock on the door, and when he gruntedmuffledassent it opened and some one came in.• On 16 January 1707 the Treaty of Union received its royalassent.• Royal assent was given to the Bill in August.• The raising of taxes or the dispensing of laws without the assent of Parliament was declared to be illegal.• By convention, this assent is always forthcoming.
gave ... assent• The monarch gave formal assent to any legislative measure approved by the two houses.• The Presidentretired for 20 minutes, and then gave his assent to the strike.
assent2 verb [intransitiveI] formal
AGREEto agree to a suggestion, idea etc after considering it carefully 〔经审慎考虑后〕同意,赞成
assent to
They assented to his request to work from home.
他们同意他在家上班的请求。
Examples from the Corpus
assent• Mr. Waldegrave I know that the hon. Gentleman agrees with me, because I can see him assenting.• You come here and you assent.• There are a very few reservations such as assenting to an alteration of the succession to the throne.• In Britain, most people with an informedopinion would assent to it enthusiastically.• That celebratedsage, the man on the Clapham omnibus, would no doubt readily assent to it.• The Commanderassented to this as the only feasiblesolution, and the order was sent accordingly by medium-wave transmitter.• I can assent to this, but not that.• The gods assented, well pleased with the two.
From Longman Business Dictionary
assentas·sent /əˈsent/ nounLAW
1[uncountableU] formal agreement by someone
Any such decision would require the assent of two thirds of shareholders.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ASSENT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤common, general, universal普遍/全體/一致同意◇Medicine is, by common assent, a good profession.人們普遍認為從醫是個好職業。◇There was general assent about his achievements.他的成就得到了大家的認可。➤royal (in the UK) 御准◇The Education Act received the royal assent in 1944.《教育法》於 1944 年獲得御准。VERB + ASSENT➤give (sth), grant (especially BrE) (對⋯)表示同意;批准◇The government gave their assent to the project.政府批准了這項工程。➤withhold不予同意▸➤obtain, receive (especially BrE) 獲得批准;得到同意▸➤nod點頭表示同意;首肯◇He nodded his assent when I asked if I could leave.我問他是否可以離開,他點頭表示同意。PREPOSITION➤in assent表示同意◇She smiled in assent.她微笑着表示同意。➤with sb's assent, without sb's assent經過/未經某人同意◇Without the assent of the major states, nothing will ever change.沒有那些主要的州的同意,什麼都不會改變。◇The raising of taxes without the assent of Parliament was declared illegal.宣佈未經議會同意而加稅為不合法。PHRASES➤a murmur of assent, a nod of assent小聲/點頭表示同意◇The suggestion was greeted with a murmur of assent.這個建議只有人小聲表示同意。