单词 | permissive |
释义 | permissive —permissively, adv. —permissiveness, n. /peuhr mis"iv/, adj. 1. habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid. 2. granting or denoting permission: a permissive nod. 3. optional. 4. Genetics. (of a cell) permitting replication of a strand of DNA that could be lethal, as a viral segment or mutant gene. [1425-75; late ME; see PERMISSION, -IVE; cf. F permissif] Syn. 1. indulgent, lenient, lax. |
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