a permit from an authority to own or use something, do a particular thing, or carry on a trade (especially in alcoholic liquor)
执照，许可证，特许证，营业执照（尤指经营酒类的执照）
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a gun licence 持枪许可证
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[as modifier]
a television licence fee .电视执照费。
[mass noun]formal or official permission to do something
（官方或正式的）许可，准许
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a subsidiary company continued to manufacture cranes under licence from a Norwegian firm .一家子公司从挪威一家公司获准继续生产起重机。
[mass noun]a writer's or artist's freedom to deviate from fact, or from conventions such as grammar, metre, or perspective, for effect
（作家或艺术家追求效果时在语法、韵律或透视感等方面的）不拘一格，偏离常规
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artistic licence .艺术上的不拘一格。
[mass noun]freedom to behave as one wishes, especially in a way which results in excessive or unacceptable behaviour
自由行动权（尤指恣意妄为）
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the government was criticized for giving the army too much licence .政府被指责放任军队恣意妄为。
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（做错事的）诱因，借口
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police say that the lenient sentence is a licence to assault .警方说从轻发落是人身侵害的诱因。
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licence to print money a very lucrative commercial activity, typically one perceived as requiring little effort （尤指不费力的）赚大钱的生意
"late Middle English： via Old French from Latin
