consent: [13] The notion underlying ‘giving one’s consent’ is ‘feeling together’ – that is, ‘agreeing’, and hence ‘giving approval or permission’. The word comes from Old French consente, a derivative of the verb consentir. This was a descendant of Latin consentīre ‘agree’, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and sentīre ‘feel’ (source of English sense, sentence, sentiment, etc). Consensus, originally the past participle of Latin consentīre, was borrowed into English in the 19th century. => consensus, sense, sentence, sentiment
consent (v.)
early 13c., from Old French consentir (12c.) "agree, comply," from Latin consentire "feel together," from com- "with" (see com-) + sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). "Feeling together," hence, "agreeing, giving permission," apparently a sense evolution that took place in French before the word reached English. Related: Consented; consenting.
consent (n.)
c. 1300, "approval," also "agreement in sentiment, harmony," from Old French consente, from consentir (see consent (v.)). Age of consent is attested from 1809.
中文解释
1、con- "together" + sent-.2、字面含义为：feel together.
实用例句
1. At approxi-mately 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。来自柯林斯例句
2. He left the company by mutual consent last September.
去年9月，经双方同意，他离开了公司。来自柯林斯例句
3. He should not commit American troops without the full consent of Congress.
没有国会的完全同意，他不应该调遣美国军队。来自柯林斯例句
4. Medical treatment was sometimes given to children without parental consent.
有时未征得家长同意就对孩子进行了药物治疗。来自柯林斯例句
5. Testing patients without their consent would constitute a professional and legal offence.
