agrémentn.

Brit.

/aˈɡreɪmɒ̃/,

/əˈɡreɪmɒ̃/, U.S.

/əˌɡreɪˈmɑn(t)/

Forms: 1700s agréemens (plural), 1700s–1800s agrémens (plural), 1700s– agrément, 1900s– agrement (in sense Compounds 1).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agrément.

Etymology: < French agrément (in plural) ornamental accessories (1502–3 in Middle French), quality of that which is agreeable (1636), grace note, musical ornamentation (1706, usually in plural in this sense), specific uses of agrément agreement n.In sense Compounds 1 apparently after French système d'agrément, literally ‘system of approval’ (1927 with reference to international laws governing aviation, or earlier).

1. In plural. Agreeable qualities, circumstances, etc.; = agreement n. 7. Now rare.Chiefly with reference to France or other countries in continental Europe.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasant qualities or circumstances

suavity1594

agreementa1631

amenity1669

agreeables1710

agréments1711

1711 Spectator No. 28 2 Apr. I had ghessed by the little Agréemens upon his Sign, that he was a Frenchman.

1739 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Oct. (1966) II. 154 Here is a universal liberty that is certainly one of the greatest agrémens in life.

1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 14 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1435 You must..captivate them by the agréments, and charms of conversation.

1841 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. (1954) I. 96 All the agrémens it [sc. honeysuckle] brings us.

1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 566 We..talked..about the agrémens of the place. It was very agreeable for the English.

1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. vii. 153 Lansquenet, racing, Coralies, champagne, and all one's other habitual agréments.

1904 W. James Let. 1 Jan. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 201 America does not offer the agréments to a tourist which almost any part of Europe offers.

1927 ‘R. Dehan’ Sower of Wind iv. xxii. 411 To exchange the agréments of your house..for makeshift lodging and scanty food... An unequal bargain, Monsieur!

2. Music. In plural. Grace notes; embellishments.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun]

relish1561

ornament1664

agrément1789

embroidery1875

noodle1926

1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 87 (note) Extraneous episodes, or fashionable divisions, which being the agrémens, or trimmings, of the times, become antiquated.

1871 J. Hiles Dict. Mus. Terms 9 Agréments, graces, embellishments, ornaments.

1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 44/1 The agrémens used in modern music..are the acciacatura, appoggiatura, arpeggio, mordent, nachschlag, shake or trill, slide, and turn.

1917 M. Hargrave Earlier French Musicians iii. 100 The soprano leads the melody and is very richly ornamented with agréments, grace-notes, trills, etc., in order to help out the weak tone of the instrument.

1998 N. Rogers in J. A. Sadie Compan. to Baroque Mus. 360 He provides us with a long list of the agréments used in mid-17th-century France—invaluable, since other treatises and singing methods are few at this time.

3. Official approval given by the government of a country to a diplomatic representative of another country; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] > of diplomatic representative

agrément1883

1883 Standard 15 Mar. 5/8 What is termed the ‘agrément’ of the Emperor of Russia to his appointment was obtained.

1917 E. Satow Guide to Diplomatic Pract. I. xiv. 193 The generally existing diplomatic practice to ask, previously to any nomination of a foreign minister, the consent (agrément) of the Government to which he is to be accredited.

1939 H. Nicolson Diplomacy x. 236 It is customary..to sound a foreign government privately before making a formal application for an agrément.

1989 D. Healey Time of my Life xi. 219 President Sekou Touré..when he finally agreed to accept a Soviet ambassador..kept him waiting for months in a small hotel..before granting agrément.

2002 M. G. Fry et al. Guide Internat. Rel. & Diplomacy vi. 537 The history of such appointments before agrément became common practice was occasionally marred by the refusal of the host state to accept the person nominated.

Phrases

British Board of Agrément: (in Britain) an official body that tests and monitors new building materials and techniques; abbreviated BBA.Until 1982 called the Agrément Board: see Agrément Board n. at Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1983 New Scientist 10 Feb. 412/2 (advt.) The British Board of Agrément..requires an analyst/programmer for its Computer Services.

1988 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Mar. Urea formaldyhyde foam is a common..method of insulating the cavity, but this is not recommended by the British Board of Agrement for use in areas of high exposure.

2003 R. D. Treloar Plumbing Encycl. (ed. 3) 59 The British Board of Agrément..is presently sponsored by the Department of the Environment as an independent body to assess building materials, products, components and processes.

Compounds

C1. attributive with sense ‘of, relating to, or designating a procedure for testing and monitoring goods or practices, esp. those used in building and construction’, as agrément certificate, agrément system, etc.Often with capital initial. Originally after a similar system and process in France: see the etymology.

ΚΠ

1962 Engineering 21 Sept. 376/2 Many delegates advocated versions of the French ‘Agrément’ system for new materials, which approves their introduction for a probationary period of three years only.

1964 Hansard Commons 3 Feb. (Written Answers) 122 Mr. N. Pannell asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what further consideration he proposes to give to the use in this country of the French Agrément system for testing and approving building materials and methods.

1979 Daily Tel. 17 Oct. 18 The Agrément scheme will only become interesting to the construction industry if it becomes more widely recognised.

1989 Managem. & Leveraged Buy-out Mag. Summer 53/1 Few outright collapses have yet emerged in France, although ironically the first buy-out approved under the agrement regime..has failed.

2000 Building Design 18 Feb. 32/4 (advt.) The BBA's interest in a product doesn't end with the award of its Agrément Certificate.

C2.

Agrément Board n. an official body monitoring new building materials and techniques, esp. that set up in the United Kingdom in 1966 (since 1982 called the British Board of Agrément).

ΚΠ

1966 Times 9 Mar. 6/2 Dr. T W Parker..appointed chairmen of the Agrément Board, which will arrange for the testing of new building material.

1973 New Society 16 Aug. 382/2 Some local fire chiefs never refer to either the Agrément Board, or the fire research station, when confronted with new materials for a proposed new building.

2008 Irish Times (Nexis) 28 Feb. (Property section) 20 If the wall is a cavity-wall..then the standard method of insulation is to have foam..insulation pumped into the cavity. The Irish Agrément Board..has a list of certified products and installers on its website.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agrément
释义	agrémentn. Brit. /aˈɡreɪmɒ̃/, /əˈɡreɪmɒ̃/, U.S. /əˌɡreɪˈmɑn(t)/ Forms: 1700s agréemens (plural), 1700s–1800s agrémens (plural), 1700s– agrément, 1900s– agrement (in sense Compounds 1). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agrément. Etymology: < French agrément (in plural) ornamental accessories (1502–3 in Middle French), quality of that which is agreeable (1636), grace note, musical ornamentation (1706, usually in plural in this sense), specific uses of agrément agreement n.In sense Compounds 1 apparently after French système d'agrément, literally ‘system of approval’ (1927 with reference to international laws governing aviation, or earlier). 1. In plural. Agreeable qualities, circumstances, etc.; = agreement n. 7. Now rare.Chiefly with reference to France or other countries in continental Europe. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [noun] > pleasant qualities or circumstances suavity1594 agreementa1631 amenity1669 agreeables1710 agréments1711 1711 Spectator No. 28 2 Apr. I had ghessed by the little Agréemens upon his Sign, that he was a Frenchman. 1739 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 10 Oct. (1966) II. 154 Here is a universal liberty that is certainly one of the greatest agrémens in life. 1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 14 Nov. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1435 You must..captivate them by the agréments, and charms of conversation. 1841 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. (1954) I. 96 All the agrémens it [sc. honeysuckle] brings us. 1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxii. 566 We..talked..about the agrémens of the place. It was very agreeable for the English. 1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. vii. 153 Lansquenet, racing, Coralies, champagne, and all one's other habitual agréments. 1904 W. James Let. 1 Jan. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 201 America does not offer the agréments to a tourist which almost any part of Europe offers. 1927 ‘R. Dehan’ Sower of Wind iv. xxii. 411 To exchange the agréments of your house..for makeshift lodging and scanty food... An unequal bargain, Monsieur! 2. Music. In plural. Grace notes; embellishments. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > ornament > [noun] relish1561 ornament1664 agrément1789 embroidery1875 noodle1926 1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 87 (note) Extraneous episodes, or fashionable divisions, which being the agrémens, or trimmings, of the times, become antiquated. 1871 J. Hiles Dict. Mus. Terms 9 Agréments, graces, embellishments, ornaments. 1879 G. Grove Dict. Music I. 44/1 The agrémens used in modern music..are the acciacatura, appoggiatura, arpeggio, mordent, nachschlag, shake or trill, slide, and turn. 1917 M. Hargrave Earlier French Musicians iii. 100 The soprano leads the melody and is very richly ornamented with agréments, grace-notes, trills, etc., in order to help out the weak tone of the instrument. 1998 N. Rogers in J. A. Sadie Compan. to Baroque Mus. 360 He provides us with a long list of the agréments used in mid-17th-century France—invaluable, since other treatises and singing methods are few at this time. 3. Official approval given by the government of a country to a diplomatic representative of another country; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > [noun] > of diplomatic representative agrément1883 1883 Standard 15 Mar. 5/8 What is termed the ‘agrément’ of the Emperor of Russia to his appointment was obtained. 1917 E. Satow Guide to Diplomatic Pract. I. xiv. 193 The generally existing diplomatic practice to ask, previously to any nomination of a foreign minister, the consent (agrément) of the Government to which he is to be accredited. 1939 H. Nicolson Diplomacy x. 236 It is customary..to sound a foreign government privately before making a formal application for an agrément. 1989 D. Healey Time of my Life xi. 219 President Sekou Touré..when he finally agreed to accept a Soviet ambassador..kept him waiting for months in a small hotel..before granting agrément. 2002 M. G. Fry et al. Guide Internat. Rel. & Diplomacy vi. 537 The history of such appointments before agrément became common practice was occasionally marred by the refusal of the host state to accept the person nominated. Phrases British Board of Agrément: (in Britain) an official body that tests and monitors new building materials and techniques; abbreviated BBA.Until 1982 called the Agrément Board: see Agrément Board n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1983 New Scientist 10 Feb. 412/2 (advt.) The British Board of Agrément..requires an analyst/programmer for its Computer Services. 1988 Guardian (Nexis) 12 Mar. Urea formaldyhyde foam is a common..method of insulating the cavity, but this is not recommended by the British Board of Agrement for use in areas of high exposure. 2003 R. D. Treloar Plumbing Encycl. (ed. 3) 59 The British Board of Agrément..is presently sponsored by the Department of the Environment as an independent body to assess building materials, products, components and processes. Compounds C1. attributive with sense ‘of, relating to, or designating a procedure for testing and monitoring goods or practices, esp. those used in building and construction’, as agrément certificate, agrément system, etc.Often with capital initial. Originally after a similar system and process in France: see the etymology. ΚΠ 1962 Engineering 21 Sept. 376/2 Many delegates advocated versions of the French ‘Agrément’ system for new materials, which approves their introduction for a probationary period of three years only. 1964 Hansard Commons 3 Feb. (Written Answers) 122 Mr. N. Pannell asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what further consideration he proposes to give to the use in this country of the French Agrément system for testing and approving building materials and methods. 1979 Daily Tel. 17 Oct. 18 The Agrément scheme will only become interesting to the construction industry if it becomes more widely recognised. 1989 Managem. & Leveraged Buy-out Mag. Summer 53/1 Few outright collapses have yet emerged in France, although ironically the first buy-out approved under the agrement regime..has failed. 2000 Building Design 18 Feb. 32/4 (advt.) The BBA's interest in a product doesn't end with the award of its Agrément Certificate. C2. Agrément Board n. an official body monitoring new building materials and techniques, esp. that set up in the United Kingdom in 1966 (since 1982 called the British Board of Agrément). ΚΠ 1966 Times 9 Mar. 6/2 Dr. T W Parker..appointed chairmen of the Agrément Board, which will arrange for the testing of new building material. 1973 New Society 16 Aug. 382/2 Some local fire chiefs never refer to either the Agrément Board, or the fire research station, when confronted with new materials for a proposed new building. 2008 Irish Times (Nexis) 28 Feb. (Property section) 20 If the wall is a cavity-wall..then the standard method of insulation is to have foam..insulation pumped into the cavity. The Irish Agrément Board..has a list of certified products and installers on its website. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1711
随便看	box office box office clerk box office receipt box office window box on box opener box ottoman box out box oyster box pew box plan box pleat box pleating box plot box relay box rent box rest box room box scheme box score box scraper box seat box section box set box shifter