及物動詞：允許、准許
常見搭配詞：
- permit someone to do something
允許某人做某事 - permit access / entry
允許訪問 / 進入 - be permitted to do something
被允許做某事
例句：
- The teacher permitted the student to leave early to attend a doctor’s appointment.
老師允許學生提前離開去看醫生 - The company policy does not permit employees to use social media during work hours.
公司政策不允許員工在工作時間使用社交媒體 - The security guard did not permit us to enter the building without showing our identification.
保安不允許我們在未出示身份證明的情況下進入大樓 - The city permits overnight parking on this street during the weekends.
(本市允許)周末時在這條街上可以夜間(過夜)停車 - Visitors are not permitted to take photographs.
參觀者不得拍照 - Smoking is not permitted.
禁止吸煙
同義詞：
- let 讓 vt. 日常生活常用單字，不用在被動態
- allow 允許 vt. 用法跟permit相近，大多可以互換。沒有permit那麼正式，常用在被動態
- authorize 授權 vt. 對某事給予正式批准，通常意味著更高級別的官方批准
- consent 同意、允許 vt.更個人或情感的因素，例如同意接受治療或參與研究
- sanction 批准、准許 vt. 給予許可的一方和接受許可的一方之間的關係更為複雜，例如在國際貿易制裁或金融制裁的情況下
不及物動詞：允許、使…有可能
常見搭配詞：
- if weather permits
= weather permitting
如果天氣允許 - permit of
允許(正式用法)
例句：
- If weather permits, we’ll go on a picnic.
如果天氣允許，我們將去野餐 - Her father’s health did not permit of staying there.
她父親的健康不允許他留在那裡
名詞：許可證、特許證
常見搭配詞：
- building permit
建築許可證 - work / parking permit
工作 / 停車 許可證 - by permit
憑許可證 - have / need / require a permit
有 / 需要 / 要求要有 許可證 - get / obtain / apply for a permit
得到 / 取得 / 申請 許可 - issue a permit
發出許可證
例句：
- The contractor had to obtain a building permit before beginning construction on the new office building.
承包商必須先取得建築許可證，再開始建造新辦公樓 - Foreign students have to apply for a work permit before starting a part-time job.
外國學生開始兼職工作之前，必須先申請工作許可 - The university issues parking permits to students and faculty members who need to park on campus.
大學發放停車證給需要在校園內停車的學生和教職員工 - The permit for the street fair expired at midnight last night.
街頭集市許可證已於昨晚午夜過期 - Entry is by permit only.
僅憑許可證進入
衍生字：
- permissible 允許的、許可的、准許的 adj.
- permissive 縱容的、放縱的 adj.
- permissiveness 放任；放縱 n.
- permission 允許、許可 n.
