assent

名词 assent:

1. agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
   同义词：acquiescence

动词 assent:

1. to agree or express agreement
   同义词：accede, acquiesce

1. The new law has received the royal assent.
   新的法规已得到国王的批准。
2. I translated her silence as assent.
   我认为她沉默不语就是同意了。
3. Assent or agreement to join.
   同意赞成或同意参加
4. The judge assented to allow the prisoner to speak.
   法官同意允许犯人申辩。
5. The chairman assented to the committee's proposals.
   主席赞成委员会的建议。

as.sent

v.intr.（不及物动词）
as.sent.ed,as.sent.ing,as.sents
To agree, as to a proposal; concur.
赞成：赞成，如某建议；赞同
n.（名词）
Agreement; concurrence:
同意；赞同：
例句：
reached assent on a course of action.
就行动进程达成一致意见

Acquiescence; consent:
默认；赞同：
例句：
gave my assent to the plan.
我对计划表示同意

来源：
Middle English assenten
中古英语 assenten
from Old French assentir
源自 古法语 assentir
from Latin assent3ro
源自 拉丁语 assent3ro
ad- [ad-]
ad- [前缀，表.朝，向.]
sentore [to feel] * see sent-
sentore [感受] *参见 sent-

【引伸】
assent.er 或
assen.tor
n.（名词）
assent.ingly
adv.（副词）
assen.tive
adj.（形容词）
assen.tiveness
n.（名词）
<参考词汇><同义词>assent,agree,accede,acquiesce,consent,concur,subscribeThese verbs denote concurrence with another`s views, proposals, or actions.
这些动词都表示赞同别人的观点，建议或行动。
Assent implies agreement, as with a statement or a proposal, especially when it results from deliberation:
Assent 指同意，如一个声明或建议，尤指有意得到的结果：
例句：
They readily assented to our suggestion.
他们迅速地同意了我们的建议。

Agree and accede are related in the sense that assent has been reached after discussion or efforts at persuasion,butaccede implies that one person or group has yielded, as to the insistence of the other:
Agree
.It was not possible to agree to a proposal so extraordinary and unexpected. (William Robertson).
accede 两词是在经讨论或劝说努力后达成协议，这一含义上有关联，
accede 指一个人或一组人由于另一方坚持做了让步：
例句：
.不可能对这么不寻常的，难以预料的一个建议表示同意. （威廉·罗伯逊）。

例句：
.In an evil hour this proposal was acceded to. (Mary E. Herbert).
.这个建议在这个不幸的时候获得同意. （玛丽·E·赫伯特）。

Acquiesce suggests passive assent, often despite reservations, because of inability or unwillingness to oppose:
Acquiesce 指被动地同意，通常有保留意见，因为不能够或不愿意反对：
例句：
I had to acquiesce in her decision despite my private opinion.
我不得不默认她的决定，尽管我有我自己的看法。

Consent implies voluntary acquiescence to the desire or proposal of another:
Consent 指自愿地默认另一个人的建议或愿望：
例句：
Her parents refused to consent to her marriage.
她的父母亲拒绝默许她的婚姻。

Concur refers to agreement with another`s position and may suggest that one has reached the same conclusion independently:
Concur 指赞成另一个人的立场并可能含有某人独立地得出相同结论的意思：
例句：
.I concurred with our incumbent in getting up a petition against the Reform Bill. (George Eliot).
.我同意我们义不容辞地要组织请愿以反对修正法律. （乔治·爱略特）。

Subscribe indicates hearty consent or approval:
Subscribe 指忠心地同意和赞成：
例句：
.I am contented to subscribe to the opinion of the best-qualified judge of our time. (Sir Walter Scott).
.我很高兴地赞同我们时代最优秀法官的意见. （沃尔特·史考特爵士）。