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passport 音标拼音: [p'æsp ,ɔrt]
n. 护照,手段,通行证 护照,手段,通行证 passport n 1: any authorization to pass or go somewhere; " the pass to visit had a strict time limit" [ synonym: { pass}, { passport}] 2: a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re- enter the home country 3: any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission; " her pleasant personality is already a recommendation"; " his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society" [ synonym: { recommendation}, { passport}] Passport \ Pass" port\, n. [ F. passeport, orig., a permission to leave a port or to sail into it; passer to pass port a port, harbor. See { Pass}, and { Port} a harbor.] 1. Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water. [ 1913 Webster] Caution in granting passports to Ireland. -- Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe- conduct. -- Burrill. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] His passport is his innocence and grace. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] PASSPORT, SEA BRIEF, or SEA LETTER, maritime law. A paper containing a permission from the neutral state to the captain or master of a ship or vessel to proceed on the voyage proposed; it usually contains his name and residence; the name, property, description, tonnage and destination of the ship; the nature and quantity of the cargo; the place from whence it comes, and its destination; with such other matters as the practice of the place requires. 2. This document is indispensably necessary in time of war for the safety of every neutral vessel. Marsh. Ins. B. 1, c. 9, s. 6, p. 406, b. 3. In most countries of continental Europe passports are given to travellers; these are intended to protect them on their journey from all molestation, while they are obedient to the laws. Passports are also granted by the secretary of state to persons travelling abroad, certifying that they are citizens of the United States. 9 Pet. 692. Vide 1 Kent, Com. 162, 182; Merl. Repert. h. t. |
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