| 单词 | authorize |
| 释义 | au·tho·rize 1. a. < authorize a new version > : sanction < idiom authorized by use > < he was not authorized to use my name > < I would on no account authorize in my girls the smallest degree of arrogance — Jane Austen > b. archaic 2. obsolete 3. obsolete 4. a. < Congress has authorized the President to suspend the operation of a Statute — O.W.Holmes †1935 > < before Ferdinand and Isabella authorized the first voyage — Times Literary Supplement > b. < a million dollars authorized for the new bridge > Synonyms: < a whipping post was erected and the keeper authorized to punish the convicts — Marjorie Freer > Sometimes it applies to the sanction of any force viewed as authoritative < an informality authorized by custom > < an agent authorized by the heirs > < a rite authorized by a church council > accredit may imply endowing or giving formal credentials or proof of authorization to < all ambassadors, ministers, and consuls accredited to foreign states — F.A.Ogg & Harold Zink > < the Association of American Railroads has had a competent mechanical engineer duly accredited to the Atomic Energy Commission — W.T.Faricy > commission may imply the conferring, usually formal, of rank, office, or status, or specific instructions about duties and missions < Delaware, in commissioning its delegates, restrained them from assenting to any change in the “rule of suffrage” — E.K.Alden > < I commissioned a mutual friend … to break the matter to this gentleman as delicately as possible — W.M.Thackeray > license may indicate issuance of a formal legal document setting forth a particular permission or right < licensed to dispense narcotics > < he was licensed as a pilot > In other senses license may suggest a certain sanction in proceeding with what might be questioned or questionable < through the character of Huck, that disreputable, illiterate little boy … he [Mark Twain] was licensed to let himself go — Van Wyck Brooks > |
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