To license a person or activity means to give official permission for the person to do something or for the activity to take place.
例句
...a proposal that would require the state to license guns...要求該州對(duì)槍支實(shí)行許可管理的議案Under the agreement, the council can license a U.S. company to produce the drug.根據(jù)協(xié)議，委員會(huì)可授權(quán)一家美國(guó)公司生產(chǎn)這種藥品。