| 单词 | to agree to disagree |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto agree to disagree (also differ) P2. to agree to disagree (also differ): to cease to argue about something as a result of accepting that neither party will compromise or be persuaded; to give up trying to convince each other. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (intransitive)] > agree to disagree to agree to disagree1699 1699 R. Ferguson Just & Modest Vindic. Scots Design 202 If we..agree to differ in Religious Matters of less Importance, we might thereupon possibly better accord. 1769 J. Gill Body Doctrinal Divinity II. ii. 302 They..agree to differ..and not charge one another with unsoundness and heterodoxy. 1775 J. Wesley Let. 3 Nov. (1931) VI. 186 If the worst comes, we can agree to disagree. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend 15 Mar. 440 His Lordship and Sir Alexander Ball had ‘agreed to differ’. 1925 A. Huxley Those Barren Leaves v. iv. 369 There we must agree to differ. But even if it is impossible to get at reality, the fact that reality exists..surely shows [etc.]. 2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid vi. 248 I would rather agree to disagree and let the majority get on with it, as long as my objections are noted. < as lemmas |
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