dispensation
noun /ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃn/
/ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃn/
- [countable, uncountable] special permission to do something that is not usually allowed or legal
(尤指宗教领袖给予的)豁免,宽免 - She needed a special dispensation to remarry.
她需要得到特准才能再婚。 - The sport's ruling body gave him dispensation to compete in national competitions.
体育运动管理机构特许他参加全国性的体育比赛。
- She needed a special dispensation to remarry.
- [uncountable] (formal) the act or process of providing something, especially by somebody in authority
分配;施与;实施 - the dispensation of justice
执法
- the dispensation of justice
- [countable] (specialist) a political or religious system that operates in a country at a particular time
(某一国家某一时期的政治、宗教)制度
词源late Middle English: from Latin dispensatio(n-), from the verb dispensare ‘continue to weigh out or disburse’, from the verb dispendere, based on pendere ‘weigh’.