Consensus



GRE 蓝宝 Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 意见一致
• ［英］ n. 意见一致 ( agreement in opinion)
• ［类］ consensus : factionalism / confusion : clarity ( 党派分歧不会有共识 / 清楚不会有混淆)
• ［记］ con ( 共同) +sens ( 感觉) +us -> 感觉一致

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Latin, from consentire
• Date: 1843
• 1.
  • a. general agreement ; unanimity <the consensus of their opinion, based on reports…from the border — John Hersey
  • b. the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned <the consensus was to go ahead
• 2. group solidarity in sentiment and belief
• Usage:
  • The phrase consensus of opinion, which is not actually redundant (see sense 1a; the sense that takes the phrase is slightly older), has been so often claimed to be a redundancy that many writers avoid it. You are safe in using consensus alone when it is clear you mean consensus of opinion, and most writers in fact do so.

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