authorize v. 批准
authorize v.tr.（及物动词）
au.thor.ized， au.thor.iz.ing， au.thor.iz.es
To grant authority or power to.
授权，委托：向…授予职权或权力
To give permission for; sanction:
许可：给予同意；批准：
the city agency that authorizes construction projects.
批准工程建设项目的城市机构
To be sufficient grounds for; justify.
提供理由：使…有着充足的理由；证明
Middle English auctorisen
中古英语 auctorisen
from Old French autoriser
源自 古法语 autoriser
from Medieval Latin auct½³re}
源自 中世纪拉丁语 auct½³re}
from Latin auctor [author] * see author
源自 拉丁语 auctor [创作者，创作人] *参见 author
au“thoriz”er
n.（名词）
authorize， accredit， commission， empower， license
The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to give someone the authority to act”:
这些动词的共同中心含义是“给某人以行动的职权”：
authorized her partner to negotiate in her behalf;
授权其同伴为她的利益谈判；
a representative who was accredited by his government;
经其政府授权的代表；
commissioned the real-estate agent to purchase the house for us;
委托不动产代理机构为我们购买房屋；
was empowered to make decisions during the president's absence;
当总统缺席时有权作出决定；
a pharmacist licensed to practice in two states.
经许可在两州执业的药剂师。
authorize vt. -ized, -izing
授权
批准；认可
（亦作： authorise）
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assignenablelegalizeforbidprohibit
authorize v.tr.
au.thor.ized, au.thor.iz.ing, au.thor.iz.es
To grant authority or power to.
To give permission for; sanction:
the city agency that authorizes construction projects.
To be sufficient grounds for; justify.
Middle English auctorisen
from Old French autoriser
from Medieval Latin auct½³re}
from Latin auctor [author] * see author
au“thoriz”er n.
authorize, accredit, commission, empower, license
The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to give someone the authority to act”:
authorized her partner to negotiate in her behalf;
a representative who was accredited by his government;
commissioned the real-estate agent to purchase the house for us;
was empowered to make decisions during the president's absence;
a pharmacist licensed to practice in two states.
参考资料：金山词霸2005