authorize

authorize
(亦作 -ise)
verb
  1. [with obj.]give official permission for or approval to (an undertaking or agent)
    授权;批准
    the government authorized further aircraft production.
    政府授权生产更多的飞机。
    [as adj. authorized]an authorized dealer.
    指定的交易人。
    [with obj. and infinitive]the troops were authorized to use force.
    军队获准使用武力。
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Old French autoriser, from medieval Latin auctorizare, from auctor 'originator, promoter' (see author)
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