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单词 agreeing
释义
agreeing
present participle ofagree
agree
verb
uk
/əˈɡriː/us
/əˈɡriː/

agreeverb(HAVE THE SAME OPINION)

A2[IorT]
to have the sameopinion:
Ann and I neverseemto agree.
I agreewithyou on thisissue.
Myfatherand I don't agreeabout/onvery much.
[+ that]I agreethathe should beinvited.
[+ question word]Expertsseemunableto agreewhetherthedrugissafeor not.
[+ speech]"You'reabsolutelyright," agreed Jake.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to have the same opinion as someone else
  • agreeWe agree on most things.
  • be in agreementThe whole family is in agreement with her.
  • concurI completely concur with everything that's been said so far.
  • be of the same mindWe are of the same mind when it comes to prison reform.
  • see eye to eyeWe will never see eye to eye on this matter.
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More examples
  • All those who agreepleaseholduptheirhand.
  • Getting bothsidesto agree was anotableachievement.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accepting & agreeing
  • accepting
  • accommodation
  • accreditation
  • acknowledgment
  • agree tosomething
  • agree withsomething
  • approved
  • murmur
  • reconcile
  • rise
  • rule
  • sanction
  • self-acceptance
  • self-acknowledged
  • self-admitted
  • settle onsomething
  • signer
  • take rootidiom
  • unanimous
  • understanding
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agreeverb(SAY YES)

B1[IorT]
todecidesomething together:
They agreed not totellanyone about what hadhappened.
We couldn't agreeonwhat tobuy.
UKWefinallyagreed adeal.
B2[IorT]
toacceptasuggestionoridea:
Isuggestedthat we shouldmeet, and they agreed(= said yes).
[+ to infinitive]Thebankhas agreed(= iswilling)tolendme £5,000.
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to say yes to a suggestion or idea
  • agreeI suggested they seek legal counsel and they agreed.
  • acceptI have no choice but to accept the ruling of the court.
  • acquiesceThe police acquiesced to the rebels' demands.
  • assentBy signing, you assent to the terms of the contract.
  • consentI consent to a search of my vehicle.
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  • Shereluctantlyagreed tostepdown asmanagingdirector.
  • Thebankagreed tolendhim $5000.
  • Wefinallyagreed on thenameLuca forourson.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accepting & agreeing
  • accepting
  • accommodation
  • accreditation
  • acknowledgment
  • agree tosomething
  • agree withsomething
  • approved
  • murmur
  • reconcile
  • rise
  • rule
  • sanction
  • self-acceptance
  • self-acknowledged
  • self-admitted
  • settle onsomething
  • signer
  • take rootidiom
  • unanimous
  • understanding
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agreeverb(BE THE SAME)

C2[I]
If two or morestatements,ideas, sets ofnumbers, etc. agree, they are the same or verysimilar:
We have fiveaccountsof whathappenedand none of them agree.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Being or appearing similar or the same
  • a passing resemblanceidiom
  • align
  • aligned
  • be in good companyidiom
  • be in the same ballparkidiom
  • be nothing/not much/very little in itidiom
  • correspond
  • entrainment
  • equal
  • equalization
  • even(something)out
  • flatlining
  • homologous
  • match
  • overlap
  • overlapping
  • parallel
  • passing
  • placeless
  • placelessness
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agreeverb(GRAMMAR)

[I]languagespecialized
When two words agree, or one word agrees with another word, they have the samegrammaticalform. Forexample, the words may both besingularorplural,masculineorfeminine, etc.
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Linguistics: grammatical terms
  • ablative
  • apposition
  • appositive
  • appositively
  • attributively
  • countable
  • decline
  • demonstrative
  • feminine
  • intensifier
  • particle
  • premodifier
  • qualify
  • regularity
  • singular
  • stative
  • syntactic
  • syntactically
  • the first person
  • uncountable
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Idioms

agree to differ
couldn't agree more/less
not agree withsomeone

Phrasal verbs

agree tosomething
agree withsomething
agree withsomeone
(Definition ofagreeingfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofagreeing

agreeing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

They appear to have protected their religion and maintained control over their own land byagreeingto submit peacefully and pay tribute to the state.
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All these members shared many of our general views about the role of government and about monetary policy withoutagreeingon all the details.
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They would also naturally form themselves into these villages,agreeingto live near together for their mutual security.
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Results presented as weighted mean percentagesagreeingwith statements.
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Exactly what would any of us beagreeingto have collected?
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Lenders and bor rowers cope with financial uncertainty byagreeingthat the interest rate will be two percent more than the prevailing prime rate.
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This is a hypothetical meeting place of representatives of individuals who convene for the purpose ofagreeingupon principles of justice.
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For instance,agreeingand refusing can be expressed gesturally by nodding or shaking one's head.
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The success of most ordinary joint activities depends not on individual plansagreeingall the way up but on their meshing at some appropriate level.
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However, a supplier may deny ever receiving an order oragreeingon a contract.
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In such a system, blindlyagreeingwith one's superiors and personal loyalty, rather than free expression, thought, and critique, are rewarded.
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While basicallyagreeingwith the relevance of such an approach - what other alternatives are there?
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We would like to thank the following colleagues for kindlyagreeingto referee papers for the journal over the past year.
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It should be noted that the students who produced the latter set of marks discussed their individual contributions together beforeagreeingon the allocation.
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Assessment can be thought of in terms of understanding the needs of an individual with a view toagreeingpriorities and objectives for intervention.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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