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单词 accord
释义 ac·cord
I. \əˈkȯ(ə)rd, -ȯ(ə)d also aˈ-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English accorden, acorden, from Old French acorder, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin accordare, from Latin ad- + cord-, cor heart — more at heart
transitive verb
1. : to bring into agreement : reconcile, harmonize
 < the scientists' conclusions seem contradictory but can be accorded by calm reasoning >
2.
 a. : to grant as suitable or proper : render as due
  < parents have rights which are not accorded to strangers or neighbors — A.I.Melden >
  < formerly, historians accorded to “justice” less than its due place — J.G.Edwards >
 b. : allow, concede
  < the law accords them favored status >
  < he decided to accord himself the delight of breaking the news — P.B.Kyne >
 c. : award
  < the President accorded him an honorary title >
 d. : allot
  < in spite of the injustices accorded him >
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to arrive at an agreement : come to terms
 < proceed as we accorded before dinner — Sir Walter Scott >
— often used with with
 < the Queen accorded with this view of the matter — Thomas Carlyle >
2. obsolete : to give consent — used with to
 < you to his love must accord — Shakespeare >
3. : to be in harmony : be consistent — usually used with with
 < find whether or not the treatment which they have received accords with freedom of speech — Zechariah Chafee b.1885 >
Synonyms: see agree, grant
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English accord, acord, from Old French acort, acorde, from acorder
1.
 a. : agreement (as in opinion, will, or action)
  < engineers have reached a certain accord in regard to ethical principles — H.A.Wagner >
  : conformity
  < scholars studying human languages in accord with accepted scientific principles — H.R.Warfel >
 b. : a formal act of agreement : reconciliation, understanding, treaty
  < the Munich accord >
 c. : an agreement between parties in controversy by which satisfaction for an injury is stipulated and which when executed bars a lawsuit
2. : balanced interrelationship (as of ideas, dimensions, colors, or musical tones) : proportion, harmony
 < a persuasive accord in his arguments >
 < the gentle accord of rolling plains >
 < the accord of voices >
3. obsolete : assent
 < this gentle and unforc'd accord of Hamlet sits smiling to my heart — Shakespeare >
4. : voluntary or spontaneous impulse to act : completely free or unprompted will to act
 < they gave generously of their own accord >

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