Permitted
“Permitted” 强调在规则、法律或授权下可以做某事,语气比口语 allowed 更正式。告示 “Smoking is not permitted” 即“禁止吸烟”。被动结构 “Visitors are permitted to enter” 表示获准进入。
- “Photography is permitted in the gallery.” (画廊内允许拍照。)
- “Only permitted vehicles may use this lane.” (仅获准车辆可使用此车道。)
- “She was not permitted to leave until the form was signed.” (表格签好之前不许她离开。)
“Permit” 来自拉丁语 permittere(per- 完全 + mittere 送、放),本义是“放行、准许通过”。
permit(动词)+ -ed:分词形容词或完成体;名词 permit(许可证)可单独使用。
机场、博物馆、工地常见 “Permitted access only”;合同里 “permitted use” 界定资产用途;与 prohibited、restricted 常成对出现。
- 固定搭配: “permitted use” (获准用途), “time permitted” (允许的时间), “as permitted by law” (依法准许)
per- 像“完全”,mit 像 mission“放行”——被完全放行的就是 permitted。
“Campers were permitted to build fires only in designated rings.” (露营者仅获准在指定火圈生火。)