tolerate

Compared meaning: to allow something to happen (verb).

比较义项：允许，容许（动词）。

• permit

  Permit stresses formal or official authorization granted by someone with the power or rules to allow it, often in written, legal or institutional contexts.

  permit 强调由拥有权力或依据规则的一方给予正式或官方的许可，常见于书面、法律或制度性的语境。

  The rules do not permit visitors to bring pets into the museum.

  博物馆的规定不允许游客携带宠物入内。

• tolerate 本词

  Tolerate means to allow something unpleasant or undesired to continue without complaining or objecting, focusing on patience rather than granting permission.

  tolerate 表示容忍某种令人不快或不希望发生的事情继续存在而不抱怨或反对，强调忍耐而非给予许可。

  She can tolerate her noisy neighbors, but she still finds them annoying.

  她能容忍吵闹的邻居，但仍然觉得他们很烦人。

Both words mean to allow something. Permit stresses formal approval based on official power or rules. Tolerate means letting something unpleasant continue without complaint, not real permission. Not compared: permit as a noun (license), and tolerate meaning to physically bear pain or medicine.

这两个词都能表示“允许”，但 permit 强调依据权力或规则正式批准某事发生，而 tolerate 强调对已经存在的、通常不太愉快的事情予以忍受而不表示反对，不涉及正式许可。这里不比较 permit 作名词表示“许可证”的意思，也不比较 tolerate 表示身体上能承受（如药物、疼痛）的意思。