agreement
noun
uk/əˈɡriː.mənt/us/əˈɡriː.mənt/agreementnoun(SAME OPINION)
B2[U]
thesituationin whichpeoplehave the sameopinion, or in which theyapproveof oracceptsomething:
意见一致;同意;应允Thewholefamilywasinagreementwithherabout/onwhat they should do.关于他们应该做什么,全家人都和她意见一致。
If the threepartiescannotreachagreement now, there will be acivilwar.如果这三个政党现在不能达成一致,内战将不可避免。
I don'tthinkyou'lleverget Tony's agreementtotheseproposals.我认为,你永远都不要指望托尼会同意这些计划。
[+ that]There'swidespreadagreementthatthelawshould bechanged.大家一致认为应该修改法律。
Synonyms
acquiescenceformal
approval(PERMISSION)
assentformal
say-so(PERMISSION)informal
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.
the state of agreeing with someone or something
- agreementThere's widespread agreement that something must be done.
- acceptanceHis views never gained acceptance among the broader community.
- concordanceThe study shows strong concordance between patient health and patient happiness.
- assentThe bill received royal assent.
- consentI give my consent to the marriage.
- sanctionShe gave official state sanction to the drilling company for their proposed pipeline.
B2[C]
adecisionorarrangement, oftenformaland written, between two or moregroupsorpeople:
协议,协定;和约Thedisputewassettledby an agreement thatsatisfiedbothsides.由于达成了一项双方都满意的协议,争端得到了解决。
Thegovernmenthasenteredinto/signedaninternationalarmscontrolagreement.政府接受/签署了一项国际军备控制协议。
They havebroken(thetermsof)the agreementonhumanrights.他们违反了人权协议(条款)。
Finally the twosideshavereachedan agreement.双方终于达成了协议。
Synonyms
accord
compact(AGREEMENT)formal
concordatspecialized
covenant
pact
treaty
a decision or arrangement between groups or people
- agreementDo we have an agreement?
- understandingWe had an understanding that the businesses would merge, but never got that in writing.
- gentleman's agreementHe and his builder have a gentleman's agreement that if there are spare materials left after working on the flat, the builder can take them home.
- dealDo we have a deal?
- contractThe basketball player was signed to a multimillion-dollar contract with a new team this week.
- accordThe leaders of the four countries signed a peace accord.
- The twocountriessignedan agreement toreducetheirnucleararmouries.
- Amurmurof agreement came from thecrowd.
- The agreement wasreachedafter aseriesofdifficultnegotiations.
- Russia has justdrawnup atradeagreement with Norway.
- No agreement hasyetbeenreachedand thenegotiationsare stillongoing.
Accepting & agreeing
- acceptance
- accepting
- accommodation
- accreditation
- agree tosomething
- agree withsomething
- approved
- concur
- currency
- murmur
- reconcile
- root
- rule
- seeyourway (clear) todoing somethingidiom
- self-acceptance
- self-acknowledged
- self-admitted
- settle onsomething
- sign on the dotted lineidiom
- unanimous
agreementnoun(GRAMMAR)
[U]languagespecialized
thesituationin which two words have the samegrammaticalform. Forexample, the words are bothsingularorplural,masculineorfeminine, etc.
语法上的一致(如性数、人称一致等)Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominal
- nominative
- predicatively
- premodifier
- quantifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntax
- uncountable