sanction
- n. 制裁，处罚；认可；支持
- vt. 制裁，处罚；批准；鼓励
英英释意
- 1. formal and explicit approval;
- "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
- 2. a mechanism of social control for enforcing a society's standards
- 3. official permission or approval;
- "authority for the program was renewed several times"
- 4. the act of final authorization;
- "it had the sanction of the church"