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licence sb to do sth
The government licenced the company to export weapons.
政府许可该公司出口武器。
许可；批准；发许可证给
licencing — present participle of licence
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
许可；批准；发许可证给
authorize officially
The government licenced the company to export weapons.
政府许可该公司出口武器。
正式授权
authorize officially
licence
Base
原形
licences
3rd person
第三人称单数
licencing
-ing
现在分词
licenced
Past
过去式
licenced
Past participle
过去分词
She licences the software to various companies.
她将软件授权给多家公司。
The government licenced the new broadcasting service last year.
政府去年批准了新的广播服务。
They are licencing new products every month.
他们每个月都在授权新产品。
许可, 特许, 认可
The council licences street performers every summer.
市政委员会每年夏天许可街头表演者。
The restaurant was licenced to serve alcohol until midnight.
这家餐厅被许可提供酒精饮料至午夜。
The company is licencing its software to overseas clients.
该公司正在将其软件许可给海外客户。
The government licenced the company to export weapons.
政府许可该公司出口武器。
被动语态常见，表示被授权。
He is licenced to practice medicine.
他获准行医。
The authority licenced the sale of alcohol.
当局许可酒类销售。
Not this
The authority licenced to open a clinic.
Use this
The authority licenced him to open a clinic.
动词 'licence' 是及物动词，必须接宾语（被许可的人或实体），再跟不定式表示许可的内容。汉语中“许可”可省略宾语，但英语必须明确。
Not this
He was licenced for driving a taxi.
Use this
He was licenced to drive a taxi.
表示许可做某事时，动词licence后应接不定式（to do），而不是介词for加动名词。这是中式英语常见错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
获准售酒
The restaurant is licenced to sell alcohol.
这家餐厅获准售酒。
为车辆办理牌照
You must licence your motorbike before taking it on the road.
你必须在摩托车上路前为其办理牌照。
批准某人做某事
The local authority licences street performers to play in the square.
地方当局批准街头艺人在广场表演。
持酒类销售许可证的场所
Only licenced premises may serve alcohol after midnight.
只有持酒类销售许可证的场所才能在午夜后供应酒精饮料。
印钞许可证；一本万利的买卖
The new contract is a licence to print money for the streaming company.
这份新合同对这家流媒体公司来说就像一台印钞机。
诗的破格；艺术加工
The director used poetic licence in the historical film.
这位导演在历史电影中用了艺术加工的手法。
艺术自主权；艺术加工
Artists often take artistic licence with the truth to create a better story.
艺术家为了创作更好的故事，常常在事实上进行艺术加工。
Use licencing naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 licence 里的 c 想成 certificate 的 c：一张证书盖上官印，就是正式授权。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式文件、政府公告、法律文书 licence 作动词时多用于正式或官方语境，表示正式授权或许可。比较常见于书面语和正式场合。
None of these words rhyme exactly with 'licence' /ˈlaɪsəns/. They are shown as spelling lookalikes. 'Science' /ˈsaɪəns/ is close, but it has no /s/ between /aɪ/ and /əns/. 'Silence' /ˈsaɪləns/ shares /aɪ/ and /əns/ but uses /l/ instead of /s/. 'Defence' /dɪˈfens/, 'incense' /ˈɪnsens/, 'dense' /dens/, and 'sentence' /ˈsentəns/ all have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.