permit

名词 n. 动词 v.
/pəˈmɪt/    /pɚˈmɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.
    — A construction permit can be obtained from the town offices.
  2. A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.
  3. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.; A learner's permit.
  4. Formal permission. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. transitive
    — Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
  2. To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to. transitive
    — He was ultimately cleared, but during that period, Mr. Ackman said, his lawyers would not permit him to defend himself publicly.
  3. To allow for, to make something possible. intransitive
    — What was left to say? Quite a lot, if only parliamentary time permitted.
  4. To allow, to admit (of). intransitive
    — "You English are always so frivolous," said the Princess. "In Russia we have too many troubles to permit of our being light-hearted."
  5. To grant formal authorization for (something). transitive
    — The Building Department permitted that project last week.
  6. To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something). transitive
    — We've been busy permitting the State Street development.
  7. To hand over, resign (something to someone). archaic,rare
    — Let us not aggravate our sorrows, / But to the gods permit the event of things.

词形变化

permits present,singular,third-person permitting participle,present permitted participle,past permitted past permits plural permit plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English permitten, borrowed from Middle French permettre, from Latin permittō (“give up, allow”), from per (“through”) + mittō (“send”).
词源 2
An irregular borrowing from Spanish palometa, probably from a Doric variant of Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús, “young tuna”).
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