名複: licences
動變: 過去式:licenced 過去分詞:licenced 現在進行時:licencing
licence
KK:[ˈlaɪsṇs] DJ:[ˈlaisǝns]
n.
- （法律上的）許可，特許[U][+to-v]
- 許可證；執照；牌照[C][+to-v]
- 放縱，放肆[U]
- （藝術作品的）破格，不拘一格[U]
vt.
- 給……發許可證；批准；准許[O2]
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
n.
- a permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcohol). ▸formal or official permission.
- freedom to behave without restraint.
- a writer's or artist's freedom to deviate from facts or accepted conventions.
Etymology
ME: via OFr. from L. licentia ‘freedom, licentiousness’ (in med. L. ‘authority, permission’), from licere ‘be lawful or permitted’.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》