英语词汇“authorize”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

VERB TABLE

authorize

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	authorize
	he, she, it	authorizes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	authorized
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have authorized
	he, she, it	has authorized
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had authorized
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will authorize
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have authorized

Continuous Form
Present	I	am authorizing
	he, she, it	is authorizing
	you, we, they	are authorizing
Past	I, he, she, it	was authorizing
	you, we, they	were authorizing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been authorizing
	he, she, it	has been authorizing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been authorizing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be authorizing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been authorizing

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Among other matters, the city council authorized more funds for additional police officers.
Only Congress can authorize the President to declare war.
Who authorized the decision to close the factory?

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

As Stuart Marshall observed pointedly, postmodernism authorizes but has yet to create a new populism.
He said this knowing that the architects were designing for a larger site quite unaware that only a portion had been authorized.
His relatives and employees later said they had not authorized those contributions.
It may authorize the chairman, or recommend that the chairman of the Select Committee should write to the responsible minister.
The assistance is in addition to the $ 22 million the president authorized March 4.
The state Public Utilities Commission authorized the rates.
The willingness to bend the rules to authorize a major invasion of civil liberties contrasts sharply with the Spycatcher case.
Woolsey served on the Petaluma City Council when the flood project was authorized after the devastating floods of 1982-83.

THESAURUS► allow

to say that someone can do something – used about parents, teachers, or people in authority: · They don’t allow students to chew gum in the classroom.· I’m not allowed to stay out after ten o'clock.

► let

[not in passive] to allow someone to do something.Let is not used in the passive, and is much more commonly used in everyday English than allow: · Will your mum let you come to the party?· I’ll borrow John’s bicycle, if he’ll let me.

► permit

formal if something is permitted, it is allowed according to the rules – used especially on written notices and announcements: · Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building.

► give somebody permission

used when someone in an important official position decides to allow someone to do something: · He was given special permission to leave school early.· The Home Office has given him permission to stay in Britain indefinitely.

► give your consent

to say that you will allow someone to do something that will affect you personally, or a member of your family, when you have a legal right to say ‘no’: · Her parents have given their consent to the marriage.· You can’t build on someone’s land without the owner’s consent.

► give something the go-ahead

to officially allow a planned project or activity to happen: · The government finally gave the go-ahead for a new terminal at Heathrow airport.· A new nuclear plant has been given the go-ahead.

► authorize

to officially or legally allow someone to do something – used about laws or people: · The UN resolution would authorize the use of force.· I never authorized them to give information about me to other banks.

► entitle

to give someone the right to do or have something: · The pass entitles you to travel on any bus, at any time, in Norwich.· If the goods are faulty, the customer is entitled to a refund.

► sanction

formal to give official approval and support for something: · The Truman administration refused to sanction a military attack.· The advertisements were sanctioned by the candidate himself.

Longman Language Activatorto let someone do something► let

· We wanted to go camping, but our parents wouldn't let us.let somebody do something · Sue doesn't let her kids eat candy.· Thanks for letting me spend the night at your place.let somebody in/out (=let someone go in or out of a place) · You'd better let the dog out.

► allow

if someone such as a teacher, official, or parent allows someone to do something, they let them do it: allow somebody to do something: · We do not allow people to smoke anywhere in the building.· Under federal law, Indian nations are allowed to operate casinos on their reservations, with the state's permission.allow somebody something formal (=allow them to have it): · Paul's bank now allows him £35 a week, and Geoff can withdraw no more than £40.allow somebody in/out etc (=allow someone to go into or out of a place): · The manager doesn't allow children in the bar.

► say somebody can do something

especially spoken to tell someone that you will allow them to do something: · Mom says we can each have two cookies.· I thought you said we could use this room.

► agree to

to decide to allow someone to do something because you have been persuaded to allow it: · The rebels finally agreed to a ban on terrorist activity.· McCaskill left the California Angels on Saturday and agreed to a three-year contract with the Chicago White Sox worth over $6 million.

► permit

if a law or a rule permits someone to do something, it allows them to do it: · Photography will not be permitted inside the courtroom.permit somebody to do something: · The law permits foreign investors to own up to 25% of British companies.

► authorize

also authorise British to officially or legally allow someone to do something, especially by signing an official document: · Who authorized the decision to close the factory?· Among other matters, the city council authorized more funds for additional police officers.authorize somebody to do something: · Only Congress can authorize the President to declare war.

► have no objection

to not care whether someone does something or not, especially when they have asked for your permission or approval: · As long as your parents have no objection, you're very welcome to come on vacation with us.have no objection to somebody doing something: · They said they had no objection to us leaving a little early.

► give your consent

to give final permission to allow something important to happen, which will affect yourself, your family, or your property: · Parents are required to give their written consent (=give permission in writing) before a child can be asked to participate in an interview.give your consent to something: · In September, he gave Dr. Arning his consent to conduct the experiment.

► give somebody/something the go-ahead

also give somebody/something the green light to give official permission for a planned activity to begin: · We're still waiting for the finance committee to give us the green light.· Councillors in Darlington gave the hotel development project the go-ahead in September.give the go-ahead for something: · We believe the nuclear programme should be given the go-ahead for further development.

official► official

· What's the government's official policy on drugs education in schools?· You have to get official permission for building in a conservation area.official report/document/data etc · Most of the official records of the case were destroyed in a fire in 1965.official procedure/guidelines/process etc · The official procedure for obtaining a visa can turn into a bureaucratic nightmare.official visit/duties/engagement etc (=officially organized by a government etc) · The newspaper claims she spent over £50,000 on an official trip to Australia.official explanation/line/reason etc · The official explanation for the man's death was suicide.

► formal

done officially and publicly, according to established rules and processes: · A formal agreement between the two countries was signed in 1999.· Fifteen formal complaints have been made about the hospital in the past year.· Her lawyers have made a formal request that she be allowed to stay in the country until her husband's trial.

► authorized

also authorised British officially approved, or having official permission from a government or other organization: · Check that you have the authorized version of the software.· We will send round one of our authorized representatives to discuss the purchase with you.· Access is only given to authorized personnel.

► on (the) record

if a politician, government official etc says something on (the) record , they say it publicly and officially: · Mr Senator, will you now confirm on the record that none of these rumors are true?be on record as saying/stating etc: · She's on record as saying that she would resign if the vote went against her.go on (the) record (=agree to say something officially): · Privately, many MPs are critical of the policy, but none is willing to go on the record.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► also

· The accord also authorized the creation of a mechanism to monitor the observance of conventions banning biological weapons.· From time to time Sendak has also authorized more modest theater productions.· Fair or russet leather shoes and boots were also authorized.· Supervisors also authorized staff to work out details and implement the program.· The Commander-in-Chief agreed to the plan and also authorized Stirling to recruit a further six officers and up to forty men.· Mr Florio also authorized aggressive new deals for some big advertisers, luring back General Motors in the process.· Stirling also authorized the issue of fifty cigarettes to each man.

NOUN► act

· Part 2 of the National Insurance Act authorized technical retraining schemes for adults, but this was not implemented until 1925.

► bill

· The Bill authorizing the conversion of a number of tram routes to trolleybus operation received Royal Assent on 31 July.· In addition, the bill authorizes the General Services Administration to sell federal land in Florida that is considered surplus.

► force

· The U. N. Security Council will be asked to authorize the force.

► payment

· This was extended to officers who were allowed to authorize payments from source direct to naval tailors for their uniforms.· The other names were those who could authorize payments.· It was admitted by Mr Ward that the Board had not authorized the payment.

► project

· To transform such funds into federal obligations, however, Congress must authorize such project funds.

► state

· Carter authorized the State Department to try to find another asylum.

► use

· A further Council of Ministers resolution adopted on Sept. 26 authorized the use of soldiers to assist in the harvest.· Genette goes on to suggest that this authorizes the use of linguistic categories in the analysis of narrative discourse.

WORD FAMILYnounauthorityauthorizationauthoritarianauthoritarianismadjectiveauthoritarianauthoritativeauthorized ≠ unauthorizedverbauthorizeadverbauthoritatively