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remit

noun
🔊/ˈriːmɪt/, 🔊/rɪˈmɪt/
🔊/ˈriːmɪt/, 🔊/rɪˈmɪt/
[usually singular] (British English)
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  1. the area of activity over which a particular person or group has authority, control or influence职权范围；控制范围；影响范围
    • outside the remit of somebody/something Such decisions are outside the remit of this committee.这样的决定超出了委员会的职权范围。🔊🔊
    • within the remit of somebody/something In future, staff recruitment will fall within the remit of the division manager.以后新员工招募将属于部门经理的职责。🔊🔊
    • remit to do something a remit to report on medical services报告医疗服务情况的权限
    • The group has been given a remit to examine ways of improving the local transport system.该小组已被授权研究改善当地运输系统的方法。
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’. The noun dates from the early 20th cent.

remit

verb
🔊/rɪˈmɪt/
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 (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they remit
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he / she / it remits
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past simple remitted
🔊/rɪˈmɪtɪd/
🔊/rɪˈmɪtɪd/
past participle remitted
🔊/rɪˈmɪtɪd/
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-ing form remitting
🔊/rɪˈmɪtɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. to send money, etc. to a person or place汇付；汇款 synonym forward
    • remit something to remit funds汇寄资金
    • remit something to somebody Payment will be remitted to you in full.报酬将会全额汇寄给你。🔊🔊
  2. remit something to cancel or free somebody from a debt, duty, punishment, etc.免除（债务、职责、惩罚等）；赦免 synonym cancel
    • to remit a fine免除罚金
    • to remit a prison sentence免除徒刑
    see also unremittingTopics Crime and punishmentc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin remittere ‘send back, restore’, from re- ‘back’ + mittere ‘send’. The noun dates from the early 20th cent.