a formal agreement between two organizations, countries, etc. 协议；条约 Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc2, War and conflictc2A peace accord was reached on 26 March. 3月26日达成了一项和平协定。 They signed a trade accord with the Americans. 他们与美国人签署了一项贸易协定。 a trade accord between Europe and the United States 欧美间的贸易协议 an accord on environmental protection 有关环境保护的协议 The US-Canada free trade accord has come under political scrutiny. 美加自由贸易协定受到了政治审查。 The countries drew up accords on economic and technical cooperation. 两国草拟了经济和技术合作协议。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- peace
- trade
- international
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- negotiate
- reach
- sign
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- accord between
- accord on
- accord with
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Word OriginOld English, from Old French acorder ‘reconcile, be of one mind’, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’; influenced by concord.
Idioms
in accord (with something/somebody)
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in agreement with 与…一致（或相符合） This action would not be in accord with our policy. 这一行动不会符合我们的方针。 Botanists are not in complete accord about how many species exist. 植物学家对总共存在多少物种的看法并不完全一致。
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- accord
- ally
- bilateral
- cross-border
- diplomat
- embassy
- international
- rapprochement
- relationship
- treaty
of your own accord
with one accord
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if people do something with one accord, they do it at the same time, because they agree with each other 全体一致；一致地