Permit is a formal word, which is used especially about someone being officially allowed to do something. In everyday situations, people usually say let somebody do something or allow somebody to do something: 是比较正式的用词,尤指某人经正式允许做某事。在日常情况下,人们一般说let sb do sth,或allow sb to do sth
His parents won’t let him watch TV after ten o'clock.
他父母不许他十点以后看电视。
2[intransitiveI, transitiveT]POSSIBLE to make it possible for something to happen (使)成为可能
The large windows permit a clear view of the lake.
宽大的窗户使得湖面风光尽收眼底。
permit somebody to do something
The moon permitted me to see a little way into the distance.
月光让我能看到距离稍远的地方。
I’ll see you after the meeting, if time permits (=if it finishes early enough).
如果时间允许,会后我来见你。
We’ll have a picnic at the beach, weather permitting (=if the weather is good enough).
天气允许的话,我们将在沙滩上野餐。
nGRAMMAR: Comparison
permit
Something is permitted:
Working from home is permitted.
Someone is permitted to do something:
Employees are permitted to work from home.
Someone is permitted something:
Women were not permitted a vote.
Permit is usually used in the passive in this meaning.
be permitted to do something• No one was permitted topick the flowers.
weather permitting• The game starts at 7 tomorrow, weather permitting.• We're going to the beach this weekend, weather permitting.• Occasionally there is live music, and a weeklybarbecueweather permitting.• On Saturdayeveningsguests are entertained in the garden, weather permitting.• Open dailyEaster to September, 10am to dusk, weather permitting.• The meeting could take place as soon as today, weather permitting.• They make a day of it, tailgating before the game and, weather permitting, after it, too.• There is an excellentrestaurant and, weather permitting, meals can be served alfresco on the terrace.• Play would resume, weather permitting, tomorrow evening.• The best nights for getting a first look, weather permitting, will be Thursday and Friday.
travel/parking/export etc permit• Did Gray have a parking permit?• Theoretically no other country can allow the listed animal in without an export permit.• Annualparking permits will be available at £10 for Richmondshire residents and £50 for non-residents.• Existingexport permits are to be revoked.• The final position will not be known until the export permitscommitteecompletes its process.
From Longman Business Dictionary
permitper·mit /ˈpɜːmɪtˈpɜːr-/ noun [countableC]
LAWan official document stating that someone is allowed to do something
The government would issue permits for fishing.
permit to do something
The company requested a permit to operate a hazardous-waste treatment plant.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PERMIT | PERMIT + VERB | PERMIT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤federal, government聯邦政府/政府許可證15 :pooler-->➤temporary臨時許可➤special特許證➤valid有效的許可➤necessary, proper (especially NAmE) 必要的/正當的許可➤export, import出口/進口許可證➤emissions, pollution排放/污染許可證➤residence, resident's (both especially BrE) 居留證;居民證➤work工作許可➤travel通行證➤entry入境許可證➤visitor's (especially BrE) 訪客許可證➤building, construction, driving, fishing, operating, parking建築/施工/駕駛/釣魚/操作/停車許可證VERB + PERMIT➤have, hold有許可證➤buy購買許可證➤give (sb), grant (sb), issue給予(某人)許可證;簽發許可證➤acquire, get, obtain, receive, secure得到許可證;獲得許可證➤approve批准許可證➤deny sb拒絕發給某人許可證➤revoke吊銷許可證➤renew延長許可證使用期限➤apply for, request, seek申請許可證➤need, require需要許可證PERMIT + VERB➤expire許可證到期➤allow sth許可證允許⋯PERMIT + NOUN➤holder許可證持有者➤application許可證的申請➤fee許可證費用➤scheme, system許可證制度/系統PREPOSITION➤by permit憑藉許可證◇Entry is by permit only.憑許可證方可進入。➤with a permit, without a permit有許可證;沒有許可證◇You can't film here without a permit.沒有許可證不得在此拍攝。➤permit for⋯的許可◇They applied for a permit for a street demonstration.他們申請了上街遊行的許可。permit
verb
ADVERB | VERB + PERMITADVERB➤legally法律上允許➤generally, normally, usually通常情況下允許◇Development is not normally permitted in conservation areas.保護區通常是不允許進行開發的。➤explicitly, expressly明確許可➤specifically特別許可➤knowingly (especially BrE) 故意許可➤thereby從而許可VERB + PERMIT➤refuse to拒不允許▸➤be designed to旨在允許◇The bill was designed to permit new fathers to take time off work.該議案旨在允許初為人父者休假。