permit
verb (formal)- [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 When speaking to somebody, we usually use indirect language to ask them not to do something: 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。
Would you mind not talking during the music? 演奏音乐时请不要说话好吗？
Could I ask you not to use your phone here, please? 请不要在这里使用手机好吗？
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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Permission and obligationb2Development 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- legally
- generally
- normally
- …
- refuse to
- be designed to
- be permitted
- [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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- legally
- generally
- normally
- …
- refuse to
- be designed to
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the sense ‘commit, hand over’): from Latin permittere, from per- ‘through’ + mittere ‘send, let go’.