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单词 authorize
释义
authorize
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To authorize is to give official approval or clearance for something. Authorizing can also delegate power to someone.
Authorities are people with power, and to authorize is to use or grant some of that power to another. A visa authorizes you to visit a specific country. A search warrant authorizes the police to search a house. A doctor's note authorizes someone to miss work or school. Also, authorizing can be a form of delegating powers or responsibilities. The president of a company could authorize a worker to make a particular decision. Authorizing officially allows something to happen.
WORD FAMILY
authorize: authorization, authorizer, authorizes, authorizing+/authorisation: authorisations/authorise: authorisation, authorised, authoriser, authorises, authorising/authorised: unauthorised/authoritarian: antiauthoritarian, authoritarianism, authoritarians/authoritative: authoritatively/authority: authorise, authoritarian, authoritative, authorities, authorize/authorization: authorizations/authorizer: authorizers
USAGE EXAMPLES
Legislation in a defense policy bill authorizes adding more than 7,000 acres to the park.
Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016)
The legislation authorizes the state’s Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project, which was approved in September by the U.S.
Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016)
The Allegany County Commissioners voted Dec. 15 to authorize an agreement with the state agency for design and construction of the overlook.
Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016)
1v grant authorization or clearance for
The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
authorise, clear, pass
approbate
approve or sanction officially
certificate
authorize by certificate
O.K., approve, okay, sanction
give sanction to
declare
authorize payments of
certify, licence, license
authorize officially
commission
charge with a task
formalise, formalize, validate
declare or make legally valid
sanction
give religious sanction to, such as through on oath
visa
approve officially
franchise
grant a franchise to
charter
grant a charter to
back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support
be behind; approve of
ratify, sign
approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
co-sign, cosign
sign jointly
probate
establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)
accredit, recognise, recognize
grant credentials to
confirm
support a person for a position
allow, countenance, let, permit
consent to, give permission
2v give or delegate power or authority to
She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
authorise, empower
entitle
give the right to
sanction
give authority or permission to
appoint, charge
assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
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