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。
Extra ExamplesThe 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。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘let it be printed’, from the verb imprimere, from in- ‘into’ + premere ‘to press’.