Word · Frequency #26194
permissiveness
宽容；放任
核心释义
the attitude of allowing freedom of choice and behavior; tolerance
- 1.
某事物或某人给予许可或允许某事发生的相对可能性。
The relative likelihood of something or someone to grant permission or allow something to happen.
某事物或某人给予许可或允许某事发生的相对可能性。；许可
用法In use
The school's permissiveness about dress codes surprised the new students.
用法提示：permissiveness 是名词，表示“宽容/放任”，在句中作主语。
Some parents worry that too much permissiveness makes children less responsible.
用法提示：permissiveness 为不可数名词，在句中作介词宾语，表达“放任”。
Her permissiveness toward late homework made the class relaxed but also careless.
用法提示：permissiveness 作主语，概括一种宽容态度。
the permissiveness of [sb/sth]
The permissiveness of the school's dress code surprised many parents.
这所学校校规的宽松程度让许多家长感到惊讶。
permissiveness toward [sb/sth]
该词后接 toward/towards 时，多指对他人行为的宽容或放任。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- sexual permissiveness
- 对性行为的宽容态度；性放任
- The survey measured changes in sexual permissiveness among young adults.这项调查测量了年轻人对性行为宽容态度的变化。
- parental permissiveness
- 父母的放任；家长式宽容
- Researchers found that parental permissiveness was related to weaker self-control in children.研究人员发现，父母的放任与儿童较弱的自我控制能力有关。
- moral permissiveness
- 道德放任；道德上的宽容
- The article criticizes the moral permissiveness of contemporary culture.这篇文章批评当代文化的道德放任。
- increasing permissiveness
- 日益宽容；越来越放任
- Many people worry about the increasing permissiveness of the media.许多人担忧媒体的日益放任。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 permit（允许）：允许别人自由选择、不加约束，这种态度就是 permissiveness（放任）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：育儿方式讨论、社会规范与性观念评论、学术或政策文本 permissiveness 多用于正式或书面语境，尤其在讨论育儿、社会规范或性观念时；日常口语中较少直接用该词。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 permissiveness 押韵的是 submissiveness 和 dismissiveness（都以 /ˈmɪsɪvnəs/ 结尾）。拼写相似的 permissive 少了末尾的 /nəs/，permission 中的 s 读作 /ʃ/，missive 的重音在第一个音节，passive 的元音是 /æ/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.