sanctioned

1. [U] 〈正〉批准,认可 formal or official permission; approval; acceptance
2. [C] 〈正〉制裁 a formal action or punishment (to be) ordered when a law or rule is broken
3. [S] 〈正〉约束力 sth that forces the keeping of a rule or standard

1. vt. 批准; 认可 accept, approve or permit

• apply〔impose, take〕the sanction实行制裁
• get〔obtain, receive, secure〕 the sanction得到认可〔批准〕

• legal sanction法律制裁
• moral〔social〕 sanction道德〔社会〕的约束力

• under sb's sanction在某人的认可之下
• with the sanction得到批准
• without sanction未经批准

• sanction against对…的制裁
• sanction to批准…

• sanction plan〔project〕批准计划
• sanction such rudeness认可这种粗野行为
• sanction the work批准这项工作

• sanction beneficently仁慈地批准
• sanction expressly〔unequivocally〕明确地批准
• sanction philosophically冷静地批准
• sanction solemnly庄严地批准
• sanction tacitly默认地批准

• sanction as同意…作为…
• sanction by被认为

legal sanction n. 法律制裁

economic sanction[经]经济制裁

1. The minister can only act in this matter with the sanction of Parliament.
   部长只有得到国会批准才能就此事采取行动。
2. The book was translated without the sanction of the author.
   这本书未经作者许可就给翻译了。
3. Western nations imposed tough sanctions on the country.
   西方各国对这个国家实行了严厉制裁。

1. The church would not sanction the king's second marriage.
   教会不会批准国王第二次结婚。
2. They refused to sanction segregation.
   他们拒绝支持种族隔离。
3. They were satisfied with this pragmatic sanction.
   他们满足于得到实用上的支持。