permit
verb OPAL W
/pəˈmɪt/
/pərˈmɪt/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they permit | /pəˈmɪt/ /pərˈmɪt/ |
| he / she / it permits | /pəˈmɪts/ /pərˈmɪts/ |
| past simple permitted | /pəˈmɪtɪd/ /pərˈmɪtɪd/ |
| past participle permitted | /pəˈmɪtɪd/ /pərˈmɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form permitting | /pəˈmɪtɪŋ/ /pərˈmɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, often passive] to allow somebody to do something or to allow something to happen
允许；准许 - be permitted Mobile phones are not permitted in the examination room.
考场不允许使用手机。 - be permitted something We were not permitted any contact with each other.
我们被禁止跟对方有任何接触。 - be permitted to do something Visitors are not permitted to take photographs.
参观者请勿拍照。 - permit something The owners have been unwilling to permit the use of their land.
所有者一直不愿意允许使用他们的土地。 - There are fines for exceeding permitted levels of noise pollution.
噪音超标会处以罚款。 - permit somebody/yourself something Jim permitted himself a wry smile.
吉姆勉强苦笑了一下。 - permit somebody/yourself to do something The bill was designed to permit new fathers to take time off work.
该议案旨在允许初为人父者休假。 - She would not permit herself to look at them.
她避免看他们。 - (formal) Permit me to offer you some advice.
请允许我向你提些建议。
Express Yourself Forbidding somebody to do somethingForbidding somebody to do something禁止某人做某事 要求某人不要做某事通常使用间接的表达方式： - I'm sorry, smoking isn't allowed./You're not allowed to smoke here.
对不起，不准吸烟。／这里不准吸烟。
- I'm sorry, smoking isn't allowed./You're not allowed to smoke here.
- Would you mind not talking during the music?
演奏音乐时请不要说话好吗？
- Would you mind not talking during the music?
- Could I ask you not to use your phone here, please?
请不要在这里使用手机好吗？
- Could I ask you not to use your phone here, please?
- I'm afraid I have to ask you not to take pictures here.
对不起，请你不要在这里拍照。
- I'm afraid I have to ask you not to take pictures here.
Topics Permission and obligationb2- Development is not normally permitted in conservation areas.
保护区通常是不允许进行开发的。 - A new constitution permitted the formation of political parties.
新宪法允许组建政党。 - People are breathing in more than five times the permitted level of pollutants.
人们吸入的污染物超过允许水平的五倍。 - Permit me to make a suggestion.
容我提个建议吧。 - The banks were not permitted to invest overseas.
这些银行不许投资海外。 - The rules of the club do not permit it.
俱乐部规定不可以这样做。 - They were permitted to stay in the country on humanitarian grounds.
出于人道主义考虑，他们被允许留在该国。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- legally
- generally
- normally
- …
- refuse to
- be designed to
- be permitted Mobile phones are not permitted in the examination room.
- [intransitive, transitive] to make something possible
允许；使有可能 - We hope to visit the cathedral, if time permits.
如果时间允许，我们希望能参观一下主教座堂。 - I'll come tomorrow, weather permitting (= if the weather is fine).
天气许可的话，我明天过来。 - permit something The password permits access to all files on the hard disk.
这个密码可调出硬盘上的所有文档。 - The length of the report does not permit a detailed discussion of the problems.
报告的篇幅不允许对这些问题进行详细的讨论。 - permit somebody/something to do something Cash machines permit you to withdraw money at any time.
取款机可让你随时取款。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- legally
- generally
- normally
- …
- refuse to
- be designed to
- We hope to visit the cathedral, if time permits.
词源late Middle English (originally in the sense ‘commit, hand over’): from Latin permittere, from per- ‘through’ + mittere ‘send, let go’.