| 单词 | permissible |
| 释义 | permissible (once / 2939 pages) adj If something is permissible, then it is allowed. If it's not permissible then you probably shouldn't be doing it. If someone asked you, "Is it permissible for me to have a cupcake?" they're asking very formally for your permission to dig in. Usually the word permissible has to do with laws, rules, and what's generally acceptable. It's not permissible to take your pants off in public, for example. Wearing a hat inside is permissible according to the law, but it's not permissible according to church customs or your grandma's rules. WORD FAMILYpermissible: impermissible, permissibility, permissibly+/impermissible: impermissibility, impermissibly/permission: permissions/permissive: permissively, permissiveness, unpermissive/permit: permissible, permission, permissive, permiting, permits, permitted, permitting/unpermissive: unpermissively, unpermissiveness USAGE EXAMPLES“Torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment is never a morally permissible option, even if lives depend on gaining information,” the manual said. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The rice contained bacteria "above permissible limits", a senior Nafdac official said. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) Through the new law, the government wants to narrow permissible activities of foreign groups and monitor their work much more thoroughly. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj that may be permitted especially as according to rule permissible behavior in school a permissible tax deduction Syn|Ant allowable tolerable capable of being borne or endured impermissible not permitted forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verbotenexcluded from use or mention unmentionableunsuitable or forbidden as a topic of conversation untouchableforbidden to the touch intolerable, unbearable, unendurableincapable of being put up with 2adj that may be accepted or conceded a kind of speculation that was permissible in cosmology but inadmissible in medicine Syn admissible deserving to be admitted |
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