license

license
(亦作licence)
verb
  1. [with obj.](常作be licensed)grant a licence to (someone or something) to permit the use of something or to allow an activity to take place
    颁发许可证(或执照),批准,许可
    all caravan sites had to be licensed before they could start operating.
    所有的度假用拖车停车场都要获得批准方能开始营业。
    [with obj. and infinitive]he ought not to have been licensed to fly a plane.
    根本就不该批准他开飞机。
    [as adj. licensing]a licensing authority.
    审批机构。
    ■authorize the use, performance, or release of (something)
    准许(使用,演出,放映)
    the company expect that the drug will be licensed for use in the USA within the next year.
    公司预计明年年内该药物会获准在美国使用。
    he was required to delete certain scenes before the film could be licensed for showing.
    该电影获准放映前他被要求删除其中的部分片断。
    ■(dated)give permission to (someone) to do something
    (旧)准许(某人)做某事
    [with obj. and infinitive]he was licensed to do no more than send a message.
    允许他做的事情只不过是捎个信而已。
派生
licensable
adjective
licenser
noun
licensor
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from licence. The spelling -se arose by analogy with pairs such as practice, practise
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