ermissive
adj[usu attrib 通常作定語]
(often derog 常作貶義)
(a) allowing great freedomof behaviour, esp to children or in sexual matters 縱容的, 放任的(尤指對兒童或性關系)
a permissive upbringing 放任的教養
permissive parents 縱容子女的父母.
(b) showing this freedom 顯示縱容或放任的(尤指對兒童或性關系)
permissive attitudes, behaviour 放任的態度、 行為
the permissive society, ie the one resulting from social changes that began in the 1960s, with eg greater freedom of sexual behaviour, lessening of censorship, etc 放任的社會(60年代社會變化的產物, 如性解放、 放寬審查尺度等).