4PHRASE [PHRASE with verb]经一致同意;经双方同意 If something happens by common consent or by mutual consent, it happens as the result of an agreement between the people or groups involved. 经一致同意;经双方同意
By common consent their talk avoided the reason for their being there at all.
双方达成共识,他们的谈话对他们去那儿的原因完全避而不谈。
He left the company by mutual consent last September.
去年9月,经双方同意,他离开了公司。
5PHRASE [PHRASE with cl]经普遍同意 You can use by general consent or by common consent to indicate that most people agree that something is true. 经普遍同意
By common consent this election constituted a historic step on the road to democracy.