authorize
verb(British English also authorise)
to give official permission for something, or for somebody to do something 批準;授權 - authorize something
I can authorize payments up to £5 000. 我有權批準的付款限額爲 5 000 英鎊。 - authorize somebody to do something
I have authorized him to act for me while I am away. 我已授權他在我外出時代理我的職務。 The soldiers were authorized to shoot at will. 士兵得到允許可以随意開槍。
Extra ExamplesTaxes must be authorized by an Act of Parliament. 稅收必須由議會法案授權。 The manager had expressly authorized the goods to be removed. 經理明確授權將貨物運走。 She tried to break into a security file for which she was not authorized. 她試圖闖入一份未經授權的安全文件。 The Queen authorized her press secretary to demand an apology. 女王授權她的新聞秘書要求道歉。 The police were authorized to record his phone conversations. 警方被授權記錄他的電話談話。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAuthorize is used with these nouns as the subject:- congress
- law
- president
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French autoriser, from medieval Latin auctorizare, from auctor, from augere ‘increase, originate, promote’.- authorize something