say-so

英 [ˈseɪ səʊ]

美 [ˈseɪ soʊ]

n.  许可; 准许

Collins.1

习惯用语

n.

on sb's say-so
• 仅凭某人的空口白话；听信某人不实之词
  based on a statement that sb makes without giving any proof
• He hired and fired people on his partner's say-so.
  他雇谁辞谁全听他的合伙人的一句话。

牛津词典

noun

• 许可；准许
  permission that sb gives to do sth
  1. Nothing could be done without her say-so.
     未经她准许，什么都不可以做。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 命令;许可;准许
  If you do something on someone'ssay-so, they tell you to do it or they give you permission to do it.
  1. Directors call the shots and nothing happens on set without their say-so.
     导演发号施令，拍摄现场的一切都必须得到他们的许可。

英英释义

noun

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  1. he has the authority to issue warrants
  2. deputies are given authorization to make arrests
  3. a place of potency in the state
  Synonym:authorityauthorizationauthorisationpotencydominance
• an authoritative declaration
  Synonym:pronouncementdictum
• one chap's arbitrary assertion

双语例句

• Without his say-so, you can not leave the hospital.
  没有他的许可，你不能离开医院。
• Conference managing block can launch a conference, start a conference, control the say-so and end a conference. Presides can control the whole process of a conference and manage other participants.
  会议管理模块负责会议的发起、会议的开始、会议发言权的控制、会议的结束等，整个会议过程由会议主席控制。
• Yet this flawed, anachronistic set-up cannot be changed without the say-so of the very nations who would stand to lose most from any genuine reform.
  没有那些真正承受联合国在实质性改革上损失其利益的国家的支持，这种过时的设计不可能改变。
• Don't talk to them again without my say-so, ok?
  没有我的允许不能再和他们说话了，好吗？
• Thirty years I've been asking permission to piss. I cannot squeeze a drop without say-so.
  我请示充许撒尿请示了三十年，没有许可我一滴也尿不出来。
• No luggage can go into the aircraft without his say-so.
  没有他的许可，什么行李都上不了飞机。
• But it also raises questions about the stability of a business system where so much depends on the say-so of one man – especially one whose grip on power in the past few months has seemed a little weaker than it once was.
  同时，这也引发了对于由一个人说了算的商业体系稳定性的疑问，尤其是鉴于这个人在过去几个月里对权力的掌控比过去稍弱。
• Directors call the shots and nothing happens on set without their say-so.
  导演发号施令，拍摄现场的一切都必须得到他们的许可。
• Said his attorney Brian Oxman," I think it's an important issue for all fathers around the country and around the world that when their child dies they should have a say-so in their child's estate. "
  乔的律师表示，“对于全世界无论哪一国家的所有父亲来说，这都是件重要的事，那就是在自己的儿子过世以后，对他所留下的遗产具有发言权。”
• After all, shares issued by a private-sector company are a kind of currency and their supply cannot be increased without stockholders 'say-so.
  毕竟，私营企业发行的股票也是一种货币，股票持有者不同意，其供应量就无法增加。