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permissible

adjective
🔊/pəˈmɪsəbl/
🔊/pərˈmɪsəbl/
 (formal)
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  1. acceptable according to the law or a particular set of rules容许的；许可的
    • permissible levels of nitrates in water水中硝酸盐含量的容许度
    • permissible (for somebody) (to do something) It is not permissible for employers to discriminate on grounds of age.资方不得以年龄为由歧视职工。🔊🔊
    Topics Permission and obligationc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • consider something
    adverb
    • perfectly
    • constitutionally
    • legally
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin permissibilis, from permiss- ‘allowed’, from the verb permittere, from per- ‘through’ + mittere ‘send, let go’.