agree/accede/approve/assent/consent.导航词义：同意

1. agree:v. 同意，赞成.最普通用词，指就某一计划、安排、建议等与他人持相同看法，常后接介词 to/with、动词不定式或 that 从句。

They agreed to the plan.

他们都同意这项计划。

The firm agreed to the terms.

公司同意这些条件。

That director agreed to do the film.

那名导演同意拍那部电影。

Most people nowadays would agree that ability is more important than a diploma.

如今大多数人这么认为，能力比学历更重要。

2. accede:v. 同意，答应.尤指最初不同意后又应允要求、请求、计划等，常后接介词 to。

He didn't accede to my request.

他没有同意我的请求。

We all acceded to the demands for his resignation.

我们大家都同意要他辞职的请求。

3. approve:v. 同意，赞同.指认为某人或某事是好的、对的、合适的，常后接介词 of。

Did your father approve?

你父亲同意了吗?

I strongly approve of your proposal.

我十分赞同你的提议。

Mary took it for granted that they would approve of the idea.

玛丽想当然地认为他们一定会同意这个想法。

4. assent:v. 同意，赞成.指审慎考虑后同意某项建议、要求、意见、计划等，常后接介词 to。

He assented to the committee's proposal.

他同意委员会的建议。

Have they assented to the terms of the contract?

他们同意合同的条款了吗？

5. consent:v. 同意，允许.较正式用词，指同意别人的请求、建议或满足他人的愿望，常后接介词 to 或带 to 的动词不定式。

I'm sure your teacher won't consent.

我确信你的老师不会同意的。

After hours of persuasion they consented to abandon the strike.

经过几个小时的劝说，他们同意放弃罢工。

Her father reluctantly consented to the marriage.

她父亲勉强答应了这桩婚姻。

全部

1·He was under the age of consent.

他那时还不到同意年龄。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Silence must not always be read as consent.

不要总是将沉默理解为同意。《牛津词典》

3·The written consent of a parent is required.

要求有家长的书面同意。《牛津词典》

4·At no time did I give my consent to the plan.

我从未同意过这项计划。《牛津词典》

5·He only gave his consent in order to gratify her wishes.

他只是为满足她的愿望才同意的。《牛津词典》

6·It was the standard form of wording for a consent letter.

这是同意书的标准用词。《牛津词典》

7·Children under 16 cannot give consent to medical treatment.

16岁以下的儿童不得自行同意接受治疗。《牛津词典》

8·He is charged with taking a car without the owner's consent.

他因未征得车主的同意自行开走车而受到指控。《牛津词典》

9·This information must not be disclosed without prior written consent.

未事先征得书面许可，此消息不得泄露。《牛津词典》

10·Medical treatment was sometimes given to children without parental consent.

有时候没有征得父母的同意就对孩子进行了医疗救治。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

同意

1·He was under the age of consent.

他那时还不到同意年龄。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Silence must not always be read as consent.

不要总是将沉默理解为同意。《牛津词典》

3·The written consent of a parent is required.

要求有家长的书面同意。《牛津词典》

4·Germany had not requested Franco's consent for the passage of troops through Spain.

德国未曾请求弗朗哥同意他们的军队通过西班牙。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·Testing patients without their consent would constitute a professional and legal offence.

未得病人同意即对其进行试验会构成职业和法律犯罪。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

赞同

1·Simon Thomsett, artistic director and chief executive for the last 14 years, left his post by what was described as mutual consent last month.

西门·托马·斯特过去14年一直是这里的艺术指导及首席执行官，他上月发表了被认为是“双方赞同”的一份公告。

2·Not just her consent, but her physical help.

不仅仅是她口头上的赞同，而是她实际的帮助。

3·The danger that consent is replaced by thuggery.

赞同被谋财害命取代的危险。

4·They interpreted his silence as consent.

他们把他的沉默理解为赞同。

5·Without the consent and engagement of Barack Obama and the parties' leaders in Congress, the latest deficit buster will fare no better than the first three.

缺少了奥巴马和国会内两党领导人的赞同和鼓励，这第四个财政赤字的克星就绝不会比前面三个有更好的效果。

赞成

1·MARY MAYHEW: Between nineteen eighty-eight and two thousand was when we really started implementing education campaigns about what consent is.

Mary Mayhew：“在1988—2000年之间，我们真正开始实施关于什么是赞成的教育活动。”

2·Forty-four U. s. states have parental notification or consent laws.

美国的44个州有怙恃通知法或赞成法。

准许

1·Kant believed republican regimes held out the best prospect for peace, because in such states war depends on the consent of citizens, which is not likely to be forthcoming.

康德相信共和政体为和平提供了最好的前景，因为在这样的国家，战争取决于民众的准许，而这并不是唾手可得的。

允诺

1·Instead, they propose that someone whose brain is devastatingly and irreversibly damaged, and who has previously given his informed consent, should be able to donate vital organs while still alive.

作为对这一规则的代替，他们建议当一个人的大脑遭受了毁灭性且不可挽回的损伤，而他之前曾经做出了捐赠的允诺，那么就应该允许在其仍然活着的时候取走有关乎生命的器官。

2·I agree with you, but yet I cannot consent.

我同意你的意见，但是我仍不能允诺。

(1)informed consent知情同意，知会同意；知后同意

(1)written consent书面同意；同意书

(1)mutual consent双方同意

(1)by common consentadv. 大家都同意（公认）