[mass noun]harmony or accordance in opinion or feeling; a position or result of agreeing 协调一致,同意;一致意见 the governments failed to reach agreement. 各政府没有达成一致意见。 the two officers nodded in agreement. 两位官员点头同意。 there is wide agreement that investment is necessary. 普遍同意有必要投资。 ■[count noun]a negotiated and typically legally binding arrangement between parties as to a course of action[mass noun] 合同,协定,契约 a trade agreement. 贸易协定。 a verbal agreement to sell. 口头销售协定。 ■the absence of incompatibility between two things; consistency 相容,一致 agreement between experimental observations and theory. 试验观察结果和理论的一致性。 ■(Grammar)the condition of having the same number, gender, case, and/or person as another word (语法)(词之间性、数、格、人称的)呼应,一致
语源
late Middle English : from Old French, from agreer 'make agreeable to' (see agree)