consent

consent

英 [kən'sent]
　　美 [kən'sɛnt]

vi. 同意；贊成；答應
　　n. 同意；（意見等的）一致；贊成
　　n. (Consent)人名；(法)孔桑

n.(名詞)consent用作名詞時的意思是“同意”,隻用作不可數名詞,可接動詞不定式或介詞to引導的短語。consent作為不及物動詞，後可接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，後也可接to或不定式。

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

consent在接不定式時，不定式後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屬於母親的動作。The girl has got her mother's consent to go to the pictures.
go屬於女孩的動作。

中文詞源：

consent 同意

con-, 強調。-sens, 感覺，詞源同sense, sentiment.

例句：

1. At approxi-mately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave his consent to the search.
大概晚上11點半的時候，波拉德最終同意進行搜查。

2. He left the company by mutual consent last September.
去年9月，經雙方同意，他離開瞭公司。

3. He should not commit American troops without the full consent of Congress.
沒有國會的完全同意，他不應該調遣美國軍隊。

4. Medical treatment was sometimes given to children without parental consent.
有時未征得傢長同意就對孩子進行瞭藥物治療。

5. Testing patients without their consent would constitute a professional and legal offence.
未經患者同意而對其進行檢查被視為違反職業操守並觸犯法律。