1. 許可;允許 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點(diǎn)半的時(shí)候，波拉德最終同意進(jìn)行搜查。 e.g. Can my child be medically examined without my consent? 能不經(jīng)我的同意就對我的孩子進(jìn)行體檢嗎？
2. 同意;允許 If you consent to something, you agree to do it or to allow it to be done.
e.g. He finally consented to go... 他最終同意去了。 e.g. He asked Ginny if she would consent to a small celebration after the christening... 他問(wèn)金尼是否同意在洗禮之后小小地慶祝一下。
3. see also: age of consent
4. 經(jīng)一致同意;經(jīng)雙方同意 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... 雙方達成共識，他們的談話(huà)對他們去那兒的原因完全避而不談。 e.g. He left the company by mutual consent last September. 去年9月，經(jīng)雙方同意，他離開(kāi)了公司。
5. 經(jīng)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. 普遍認為這次選舉是邁上民主之路的歷史性一步。
consent英英釋義
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