consent

noun

1. permission to do something

e.g. he indicated his consent

verb

1. give an affirmative reply to
respond favorably to

e.g. I cannot accept your invitation
I go for this resolution

Synonym: acceptgo for

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

e.g. At approximately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave his consent 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 my consent?
能不经我的同意就对我的孩子进行体检吗？

2. 同意;允许
If you consent 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 would consent 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 happens by common consent or by mutual consent, it happens as the result of an agreement between the people or groups involved.

e.g. By common consent 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 mutual consent 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 use by general consent or by common consent to indicate that most people agree that something is true.

e.g. By common consent 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.