Word · Frequency #2055
licencing
许可；批准；发许可证给
licencing is the present participle of licence.
authorize officially
- 1.
authorize officially
正式授权
正式授权；许可；特许；认可
In use
The council licences street performers every summer.
The restaurant was licenced to serve alcohol until midnight.
The company is licencing its software to overseas clients.
licence sb to do sth
The government licenced the company to export weapons.
政府许可该公司出口武器。
be licenced to do sth
被动语态常见，表示被授权。
He is licenced to practice medicine.
他获准行医。
licence sth
The authority licenced the sale of alcohol.
当局许可酒类销售。
Verb forms
base licence · third person licences · -ing licencing · past licenced · past participle licenced
许可, 特许, 认可
Common mistakes
The authority licenced to open a clinic.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。
He was licenced for driving a taxi.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。
Connections
Collocations
- be licenced to sell alcohol
- 获准售酒
- The restaurant is licenced to sell alcohol.这家餐厅获准售酒。
- licence a vehicle
- 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。
- licence someone to do something
- 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。
- licenced premises
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a licence to print money
- 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.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 licence 里的 c 想成 certificate 的 c：一张证书盖上官印，就是正式授权。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.