assent: implies an act involving the understanding or judgment and may apply to propositions or opinions: potential members must ~ to the organization's credo. （注意judge的名词要去e）       credo(s)信条，影响人生活工作的原则信念观点principles, beliefs, opinions，如liberal credo自由主义信条  


consent: involves the will or feeling and indicates compliance with what is requested or desired: ~ed to their daughter's wish to go on the trip.    如no one can make you feel inferior without your consent是罗斯福夫人EleanorRoosevelt的名言: 除非你自己同意，否则没人能让你自卑(觉得低人一等)。只有consent表示的同意才表示意志和情感上听从顺从同意他人


accede: implies a yielding, often under pressure, of assent or concession: officials ~d to every demand of the prisoners.


acquiesce: implies tacit acceptance or forbearance of opposition: usually ~ to his wife's wishes.  (desire表示强烈愿望，慎用,一般用wish ).        （tacit心照不宣的默示的implies what is suggested  or understood indirectly, rather than said in words，如tacit approval/support/knowledge默许/暗中支持/心照不宣的认识，如by tacit agreement , the subject was never mentioned again根据达成的默契，这个话题从未再提起过）


agree: sometimes implies previous difference of opinion and attempts at persuasion, negotiation or discussion: finally ~d to give him a raise.


subscribe: implies not only consent or assent, but also hearty approval and willingness to go on record: totally ~d to the free enterprise system.


assent认同: 涉及理解判断(方面的同意),  consent同意: 涉及意志情感(方面的同意)，指顺从他人要求愿望, accede: (一般在压力下)同意让步,  acquiesce默许: 指默然同意或克制反对，agree: 有时暗示之前有不同意见，并为此进行了劝说协商或讨论,  subscribe: 不仅同意还欣然赞同、公开支持(go on record公开表明观点，记录在案)


记忆方法: 1）首字母ACAAAS有4个冠词A，CS想成China Sea，四海之内<==同心和意    

         2）同意的意思是认同别人的提议mean to concur with what has been proposed.