imprimatur
noun /ˌɪmprɪˈmɑːtə(r)/
/ˌɪmprɪˈmɑːtər/
[singular] (formal)- official approval of something, given by a person in a position of authority
正式批准；认可；同意 - The project cannot go ahead without the imprimatur of the Treasury.
没有财政部的批准，这个项目无法进行。
- The courts eventually gave their imprimatur to the charge.
法院最终认可了这一指控。 - There is hardly a charity that does not seek the imprimatur of royal patronage.
几乎没有一个慈善机构不寻求皇家赞助的认可。 - When he suspended the constitution he had the imprimatur of the armed forces.
当他中止宪法时，他得到了军队的许可。
词源mid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘let it be printed’, from the verb imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’. - The project cannot go ahead without the imprimatur of the Treasury.