licence

1. N-COUNT A licence is an official document which gives you permission to do, use, or own something. 許可; 執(zhí)照

The judge fined the man and suspended his licence. 法官罰了那個人的款，并且吊銷了他的執(zhí)照。

The company has applied to the FDA for a licence to sell the drug. 該公司已向美國食品及藥品管理局申請了銷售藥物的許可證。

2. N-UNCOUNT If you say that something gives someone licence or a licence to act in a particular way, you mean that it gives them an excuse to behave in an irresponsible or excessive way. 借口[also 'a' N, N to-inf] [表不滿]

Partition would give licence to other aggressors in other conflicts. 分裂組織給其他侵略者提供其他沖突的借口。