The verb is pronounced /pə'mɪt/. The noun is pronounced /'pɜːmɪt/ 动词读作 /pə'mɪt/,名词读作 /'pɜːmɪt/。
1
[VERB 动词]允许;准许 If someone
permits something, they allow it to happen. If they
permit you
to do something, they allow you to do it.
[V n]
[V n to-inf]
[be V-ed into n]
[V n n]
[FORMAL 正式]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
He can let the court's decision stand and permit the execution...
他有权维持法庭判决,批准死刑生效。
The guards permitted me to bring my camera and tape recorder...
卫兵准许我带相机和录音机。
Employees are permitted to use the golf course during their free hours...
准许雇员在业余时间使用高尔夫球场。
No outside journalists have been permitted into the country...
禁止外国记者进入该国。
If they appear to be under 12, then the doorman is not allowed to permit them entry to the film.
如果他们看起来不到12岁,门卫不得允许其进入观看该影片。
2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]许可证;特许证 A
permit is an official document which says that you may do something. For example you usually need a
permit to work in a foreign country.
The majority of foreign nationals working here have work permits...
大多数在这里工作的外国人都有工作许可证。
He has to apply for a permit, and we have to find him a job.
他必须要申请工作许可证,我们得给他找份工作。
3
[VERB 动词]允许;使有可能 If a situation
permits something, it makes it possible for that thing to exist, happen, or be done or it provides the opportunity for it.
[V n]
[V]
[V n to-inf]
[Also V of n]
[FORMAL 正式]
He sets about creating an environment that just doesn't permit experiment, it encourages it...
他着手营造一种不仅可以进行试验而且鼓励进行试验的环境。
Try to go out for a walk at lunchtime, if the weather permits...
只要天气不太差,中午尽量出去散散步。
This method of cooking also permits heat to penetrate evenly from both sides.
这种烹饪方法也能使两面均匀受热。
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[VERB 动词]破例做;放纵 If you
permit yourself something, you allow yourself to do something that you do not normally do or that you think you probably should not do.
[V pron-refl n]
[V pron-refl to-inf]
Captain Bowen permitted himself one cigar a day...
鲍恩上尉破例允许自己每天抽一支雪茄。
Only once in his life had Douglas permitted himself to lose control of his emotions.
道格拉斯一生中只有一次情绪失控。
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[PHRASE 短语](用于提出建议)请允许我 You can use
permit me when you are about to say something or to make a suggestion.
[PHR to-inf]
[politeness]
[FORMAL 正式]
Permit me to give you some advice...
请允许我给你提点建议。
Permit me to offer you my sincere congratulations.
谨致衷心祝贺。