dispensation
n
1 [U] (fml 文) action of dispensing or distributing 分配; 分发.
2 [U, C] (fml 文) apparent arrangement of events by Providence 神的安排; 天命; 天道.
3 [C, U] (religion 宗) (in the Roman Catholic Church) permission to break the normal rules of the church (天主教)特准(容许违反教会的常规), 豁免
She needs a special dispensation to marry her cousin. 她需要得到特准才能嫁给她的表亲.
4 [C] (religion 宗) religious system prevalent at a certain period 某一时代的宗教制度
the Christian, Mosaic dispensation 基督教的教规、 摩西的律法.
🗣️ 情景例句
Our boss would love it if we were robots.
我们老板恨不得我们是机器人。
How can you deny the facts?
你怎么能否定事实呢?
What they had in fact found was a ship which had been sunk many years before.