permit

英 [p?'m?t] 美[p?'m?t]

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復(fù)數(shù):?permits;第三人稱單數(shù):?permits;過去式:?permitted;過去分詞:?permitted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?permitting;

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per-,通過，-mit,離開，送出，詞源同emit,mission.

permit: permit: [15] Permit is one of a large family of English words (including also admit, commit, etc) which go back to Latin mittere ‘let go, send’. Combination with the prefix per- ‘through’ produced permittere ‘let go, give up’, hence ‘a(chǎn)llow’. Amongst derivatives to have reached English are permissible [15], permission [15], and permissive [17].
=> admit, commit, mission, permission, submit, transmit
permit (v.): late 15c., from Middle French permetre and directly from Latin permittere "let pass, let go, let loose; give up, hand over; let, allow, grant, permit," from per- "through" (see per) + mittere "let go, send" (see mission). Related: Permitted; permitting.
permit (n.): "written statement of permission or license," 1714, from permit (v.).

1. He can let the court's decision stand and permit the execution.: 他有權(quán)維持法庭判決，批準(zhǔn)死刑生效。

2. Will they permit you to sit in on a few classes?: 他們會(huì)同意你旁聽?zhēng)坠?jié)課嗎？