admit v. /allow v. /permit v. /approve v.

这几个词都有“同意，批准，允许”的意思，要注意区别运用。admit的意思是“同意进入，允许进入”(常与to连用);allow泛指“一般的同意，允许”;permit常用来表示“上下级之间的允许，批准”;approve的主要意思是“批准(条文，协议等)，赞同”(常与of连用)。

例：This ticket will admit two to the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

这张展览会开幕式的入场券可允许两人入场。

His mother didn’t allow him to watch TV before he finished his homework.

不做完作业，他母亲不许他看电视。

This state permits the sale of alcoholic beverages.

本州允许销售酒精类饮料。

Do you think my father would permit this?

你认为我父亲会同意这样做吗?

Congress approved the budget.

国会批准了该预算。

I do not approve at all of his moral character.

我根本不赞同他的道德品格。