pass·port /ˈpæsˌport, ˌpɔrt/
護照,手段,通行證
Pass·port n.
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.
Caution in granting passports to Ireland. --Clarendon.
2. A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
3. A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
4. Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
His passport is his innocence and grace. --Dryden.
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passport
n 1: any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to
visit had a strict time limit" [syn: pass]
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" [syn: recommendation]