consent

1、con- "together" + sent-.
2、字面含义为：feel together.

consent 同意

con-, 强调。-sens, 感觉，词源同sense, sentiment.

consent

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.

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。

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。

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。

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。

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

未经患者同意而对其进行检查被视为违反职业操守并触犯法律。

【approve, consent, subscribe, comply, agree】
这组词都有“同意、赞同”的意思，其区别是：
approve: 侧重对认为正确或满意的事表示赞同或批准。作不及物动词用时，常与of连用。
consent: 指同意别人的请求、建议或满足他人的愿望，着重意愿或感情，常和to连用。
subscribe: 指完全地赞成已阐明的立场。多用于比较愿意支持一种立场或为一种立场所辨护的情况。
comply: 指答应某人已经提出或可能要求做的某事，与with连用。
agree: 普通用词，侧重指对某事同其他人有相同的意见或想法。