agreement

agreement 主要表示“达成一致的约定”或“一致的状态”，也可指具有法律效力的协议，以及语言学中的“配合、一致”。

💡 记忆钩子

把 agreement 想成“各方把意见或行动对齐”：先是大家约定按同一方式做事，形成一项 agreement；意见、结果彼此吻合也是 agreement；这种“对齐”在法律上可成为正式协议，在语法中则表现为词语之间必须相互配合。

📝 学习建议

先掌握“协议”和“意见一致”这两个核心义项，再学习法律和语法术语义。
不要把 agreement 只理解为“同意”这个动作；它更常指已经形成的约定，或已经存在的一致状态。

📖 中文释义

noun

core 约定；协议

📖 agreement 可以指两个或多个个人、团体或机构共同接受的做法和条件，也就是大家把行动对齐后形成的约定。

💡 常用结构是 enter into an agreement、make an agreement 或 reach an agreement，表示“签订或达成协议”。这里通常是可数名词，要说 an agreement 或 several agreements。不要把它误当作单纯表示“同意”的动词动作。

countable

The two companies entered into an agreement to share the new technology.

两家公司达成了一项共享这项新技术的协议。

We reached an agreement on how to divide the costs.

我们就如何分摊费用达成了协议。
core 一致；相符

📖 agreement 也表示不同的人、观点或结果彼此不冲突、相互吻合，强调的是一种“已经对齐”的状态，而不是一项具体约定。

💡 常用结构是 be in agreement with someone or something，或 be in agreement about/on something。这个义项通常作不可数名词，不要在这里随意加复数；表示“同意某人的看法”时，with 后面接人或观点。

uncountable

The researchers are in agreement about the cause of the change.

研究人员对变化的原因看法一致。

Her account is in agreement with the available evidence.

她的叙述与现有证据相符。
common 具有法律效力的协议

📖 在法律语境中，agreement 指各方同意并受其约束的正式协议；它把普通的共同约定固定成可以据此主张权利和义务的文件或安排。

💡 常见结构是 a legally binding agreement、under the terms of the agreement 和 breach an agreement。它在法律语境中常作不可数概念使用，但具体的一份协议仍可说 an agreement。不要把所有 agreement 都自动翻成“合同”，是否构成严格意义上的合同要看法律语境。

uncountable

Both sides must follow the terms of the agreement.

双方都必须遵守协议条款。
common 语法配合；一致

📖 在语言学中，agreement 指句子中的某些词要根据另一些词的特征改变形式，使它们彼此匹配，例如动词形式跟主语的人称和数保持一致。

💡 常见结构是 subject-verb agreement 和 agreement between X and Y。它是语言学术语，通常用于解释规则，不是日常对话中“大家同意”的意思。学习时不要把这里的 agreement 与“达成协议”混为一谈。

uncountable

The teacher explained subject-verb agreement with several simple examples.

老师用几个简单的例子讲解了主谓一致。
rare 讨人喜欢的特质

📖 这个过时义项指某人或某物具有令人愉快、讨人喜欢的品质，可以看作“使人感到相合、愉悦”的旧用法。

💡 这是过时的文学用法，现代英语中几乎不这样使用。阅读旧诗歌或古典文学时遇到它，不要按现代最常见的“协议”义理解。

countable in-plural obsolete uncountable

agreements plural

📘 英文释义 (WordNet) 共 6 组

compatibility of observations;

同义词集: agreement correspondence

there was no agreement between theory and measurement

the results of two tests were in correspondence

上位: compatibility 下位: conformance, conformity

the thing arranged or agreed to

同义词集: agreement arrangement

they made arrangements to meet in Chicago

上位: planning, preparation, provision 下位: collusion

the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises;

同义词集: agreement understanding

they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business

there was an understanding between management and the workers

上位: statement 下位: bargain, confederacy, conspiracy, covenant, deal, reservation, sale, sales agreement, settlement, submission

the verbal act of agreeing

同义词集: agreement

反义: disagreement 下位: accession, accord, accordance, acquiescence, assent, assenting, collusion, concession, concord, concordance, confirmation, conformity, connivance, endorsement, harmony, indorsement, ratification, second, secondment, subscription

the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

同义词集: agreement concord

harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

同义词集: agreement accord

the two parties were in agreement

反义: disagreement, dissension, dissonance 上位: concord, concordance, harmony 下位: community, community of interests, consensus, unison

🌳 词源

源自中古英语和古法语，词形上由 agree 加后缀 -ment 构成；与 agrément 是同源异形词。

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós Proto-Italic *gʷrātos Latin grātus Latin grātumder. Old French gré Old French agreer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French agrementbor. Middle English agrement English agreement From Middle English agrement, agreement, from Old French agrement, agreement. Doublet of agrément. Morphologically agree + -ment.

🔄 变式

agreements plural

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