permit

1. V-T If someone permits something, they allow it to happen. If they permit you to do something, they allow you to do it. 允許[正式]

He can let the court's decision stand and permit the execution. 他能讓法院的判決成立，竝允許処決。

The guards permitted me to bring my camera and tape recorder. 守衛允許我帶上相機和錄音機。

2. N-COUNT A permit is an official document which says that you may do something. For example, you usually need a permit to work in a foreign country. 許可証

He has to apply for a permit, and we have to find him a job. 他必須申請一個許可証，而我們必須給他找一份工作。

3. V-T/V-I If a situation permits something, it makes it possible for that thing to exist, happen, or be done or it provides the opportunity for it. 使成爲可能; 成爲可能[正式]

Try to go out for a walk at lunchtime, if the weather permits. 如果天氣條件允許，午飯時盡量出去散散步。

This method of cooking also permits heat to penetrate evenly from both sides. 這種烹調方法還能使兩麪均勻受熱。