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assent 音标拼音: [əs'ɛnt] n. 赞成
vi. 同意 赞成同意 assent n 1: agreement with a statement or proposal to do something; " he gave his assent eagerly"; " a murmur of acquiescence from the assembly" [ synonym: { assent}, { acquiescence}] v 1: to agree or express agreement; " The Maestro assented to the request for an encore" [ synonym: { assent}, { accede}, { acquiesce}] [ ant: { dissent}] Assent \ As* sent"\, n. [ OE. assent, fr. assentir. See { Assent}, v.] The act of assenting; the act of the mind in admitting or agreeing to anything; concurrence with approval; consent; agreement; acquiescence. [ 1913 Webster] Faith is the assent to any proposition, on the credit of the proposer. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster] The assent, if not the approbation, of the prince. -- Prescott. [ 1913 Webster] Too many people read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] { Royal assent}, in England, the assent of the sovereign to a bill which has passed both houses of Parliament, after which it becomes law. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Concurrence; acquiescence; approval; accord. Usage: { Assent}, { Consent}. Assent is an act of the understanding, consent of the will or feelings. We assent to the views of others when our minds come to the same conclusion with theirs as to what is true, right, or admissible. We consent when there is such a concurrence of our will with their desires and wishes that we decide to comply with their requests. The king of England gives his assent, not his consent, to acts of Parliament, because, in theory at least, he is not governed by personal feelings or choice, but by a deliberate, judgment as to the common good. We also use assent in cases where a proposal is made which involves but little interest or feeling. A lady may assent to a gentleman' s opening the window; but if he offers himself in marriage, he must wait for her consent. [ 1913 Webster]
Assent \ As* sent"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Assented}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Assenting}.] [ F. assentir, L. assentire, assentiri; ad sentire to feel, think. See { Sense}.] To admit a thing as true; to express one' s agreement, acquiescence, concurrence, or concession. [ 1913 Webster] Who informed the governor . . . And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. -- Acts xxiv. 9. [ 1913 Webster] The princess assented to all that was suggested. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To yield; agree; acquiesce; concede; concur. [ 1913 Webster] 187 Moby Thesaurus words for " assent": OK, abide by, accede, accede to, accept, acceptance, acclaim, accord, accord to, accordance, acquiesce, acquiesce in, acquiescence, affinity, affirmation, affirmative, affirmative voice, agree, agree to, agree with, agreement, answer to, applaud, approbation, approval, approve, approve of, assort with, aye, be agreeable, be consistent, be of one, be uniform with, be willing, blessing, buy, check, cheer, chime, chorus, cohere, coherence, coincide, coincidence, compatibility, complaisance, compliance, comply, concert, concord, concordance, concur, condescend, conform, conform with, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, connivance, connive at, consent, consent to silently, consist with, consistency, consonance, consort, cooperate, cooperation, correspond, correspondence, deference, deign, dovetail, eagerness, endorse, endorsement, equivalence, face the music, fall in together, fit together, give consent, give the nod, go along with, go together, go with, grant, hail, hang together, harmonize, harmony, have no objection, hit, hold together, hold with, homage, in toto, interlock, intersect, intersection, jibe, kneeling, knock under, knuckle down, knuckle under, live with it, lock, match, nod, nod assent, nonopposal, nonopposition, nonresistance, not refuse, not resist, obedience, obeisance, obey, okay, oneness, overlap, parallel, parallelism, passiveness, passivity, peace, permission, permit, promptitude, promptness, rapport, ratification, ratify, readiness, receive, register, register with, relent, resign, resignation, resignedness, respond to, sanction, say aye, say yes, self- consistency, sing in chorus, sort with, square, square with, stand together, subjection, submission, submit, submittal, subscribe to, succumb, supineness, swallow it, swallow the pill, symmetry, sync, synchronism, take, take it, take kindly to, tally, timing, ungrudgingness, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, unloathness, unreluctance, vote affirmatively, vote aye, vote for, welcome, willingness, wink at, yes, yield assent, yieldingASSENT, contracts. An agreement to something that has been done before. 2. It is either express, where it is openly declared; or implied, whereit is presumed by law. For instance, when a conveyance is made to a man, hisassent to it is presumed, for the following reasons; cause there is a strongintendment of law, that it is for a person' s benefit to take, and no man canbe supposed to be unwilling to do that which is for his advantage. 2. Because it would seem incongruous and absurd, that when a conveyance iscompletely executed on the part of the grantor, the estate should continuein him. 3. Because it is contrary to the policy of law to permit thefreehold to remain in suspense and uncertainty. 2 Ventr. 201; 3 Mod. 296A 3Lev. 284; Show. P. C. 150; 3 Barn. & Alders. 31; 1 Binn. R. 502; 2 Hayw. 234; 12 Mass IR. 461 4 Day, 395; 5 S. & R. 523 20 John. R. 184; 14 S. & R. 296 15 Wend. R. 656; 4 Halst. R. 161; 6 Verm. R. 411. 3. When a devise draws after it no charge or risk of loss, and is, therefore, a mere bounty, the assent of the devisee to, take it will bepresumed. 17 Mass. 73, 4. A dissent properly expressed would prevent thetitle from passing from the grantor unto the grantee. 1 2 Mass. R. 46 1. See3 Munf. R. 345; 4 Munf. R. 332, pl. 9 5 Serg. & Rawle, 523; 8 Watts, R. 9, 11 20 Johns. R. 184. The rule requiring an express dissent, does not apply, however, when the grantee is bound to pay a consideration for the thinggranted. 1 Wash. C. C. Rep. 70. 4. When an offer to do a thing has been made, it is not binding on theparty making it, until the assent of the other party has been given and suchassent must be to the same subject- matter, in the same sense. 1 Summ. 218. When such assent is given, before the offer is withdrawn, the contract iscomplete. 6 Wend. 103. See 5 Wend. 523; 5 Greenl. R. 419; 3 Mass. 1; 8 S. R. 243; 12 John. 190; 19 John. 205; 4 Call, R. 379 1 Fairf. 185; and Offer. 5. In general, when an assignment is made to one for the benefit ofcreditors the assent of the assignees will be presumed. 1 Binn. 502, 518; 6W. & S. 339; 8 Leigh, R. 272, 281. But see 24 Wend. 280.
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