签证：visa有几种意思

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        Money is not everything. There’s Mastercard & Visa.
        ——Garfield
        钞票不是万能的,有时还需要信用卡。
        ——《加菲猫》
        一、关于visa，你应该知道的用法有
        n.
        签证 a stamp or mark put in your passport by officials of a foreign country that gives you permission to enter, pass through or leave their country
        This discrepancy will prevent me from obtaining a visa.
        因为这一差错，我将得不到签证。
         
        v.
        1.给……签证，办理签证 [T] to give a visa to (a passport)
        I had my passport visaed.
        我取得了护照签证。
         
        2.签准 [T] to permitt
        The list of speakers must be visaed.
        演讲者的目录必须被签准。
         
        二、接下来，做个填词小游戏吧
        I've given up trying to get a ____; there is too much red tape involved.
        我不想再去搞签证了，繁文缛节太多。