喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a gate or a door: someone lets a thing pass through it. To permit is to open that gate and let something go through.

可以想成一道門或一個關卡：有人把它打開，讓某件事「通過」。permit 的核心畫面比較像「放行」——把擋著的門讓開，…更多收起可以想成一道門或一個關卡：有人把它打開，讓某件事「通過」。permit 的核心畫面比較像「放行」——把擋著的門讓開，讓事情得以過去。

From the word’s history

From Latin 'permittere' = 'per' (through) + 'mittere' (to let go, send) — literally 'to let pass through.' The gate image sits right inside the root.

源自拉丁文 permittere＝per（穿過）＋mittere（放走、送出），字面就是「讓它穿過去」。那道「放行」的門，本來就長在字根裡。

etymonline.com/word/permit

Two branches

允許·放行（動詞）

動詞的兩義都是「把門打開讓事情通過」，差別只在放行的是人還是條件。

officially allow · verb · B1

To officially allow something to happen, usually by a rule, law, or person in charge.

允許；准許

許可證（名詞）

把「放行」這個動作凝成一張拿在手上的紙。

official permission document · noun · B1

An official paper that gives you the right to do something, like work, park, or fish somewhere.

許可證；通行證

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

permitverb詞源 1/pɚˈmɪt/

  • 1

    To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.

    • Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
    • Last week the decision on two points was conclusive: the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. will not permit ordination of women as ministers, but will permit their election as ruling elders, permission which makes possible a woman as moderator.
  • 2

    To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.

    • He was ultimately cleared, but during that period, Mr. Ackman said, his lawyers would not permit him to defend himself publicly.
  • 3

    To allow for, to make something possible.

    • What was left to say? Quite a lot, if only parliamentary time permitted.
    • For snackage there's a 1950s-themed diner plus a barbie on the terrace, weather permitting.
  • 4

    To allow, to admit (of).

    • "You English are always so frivolous," said the Princess. "In Russia we have too many troubles to permit of our being light-hearted."
    • "As an instrument of economic policy, incantation does not permit of minor doubts or scruples."
  • 5

    To grant formal authorization for (something).

    • The Building Department permitted that project last week.
    • […] they have not expanded so far federal permitting authority to site and permit transmission lines that are important for interstate commerce.
  • 6

    To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).

    • We've been busy permitting the State Street development.
  • 7

    archaicrareTo hand over, resign (something to someone).

    • Let us not aggravate our sorrows, / But to the gods permit the event of things.

permitnoun詞源 1/pɚˈmɪt/

  • 1

    An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.

    • A construction permit can be obtained from the town offices.
    • Go over to the park office and get a permit for the #3 shelter.
  • 2

    An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.

  • 3

    obsoleteFormal permission.

permitnoun詞源 2/ˈpɝmɪt/

  • 1

    A pompano of the species Trachinotus falcatus.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。