| 词组 | consonant |
| 释义 | consonant When used with a preposition in contemporary English idiom, the adjective consonant is almost always followed by with: • ... he regarded his photography as an entirely wholesome pastime, consonant with his religious principles —Richard Ellmann, NY. Times Book Rev., 17 June 1979 In earlier English (as far back as the 15th century, the OED attests), consonant was also used with to. This usage seems to have disappeared during the early part of the 20th century: our last citation is this: • This, being consonant to tradition, need have done no harm —G. K. Chesterton, reprinted in The Pocket Book of Father Brown, 1946 |
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