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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++al·low /əˈlaʊ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb [transitive] 1 LET/ALLOWcan do STH 能做某事 to let someone do or have something, or let something happen 允许，容许，准许 SYN permitallow somebody to do something My parents wouldn’t allow me to go to the party. 父母不许我去参加聚会。5 Women are not allowed to enter the mosque.女性不准进入清真寺。n Students are not allowed to eat in class.something is allowed (=something is officially permitted) 某事物是（不）允许的 Are dictionaries allowed in the exam? 考试时可以查词典吗？allow somebody something Passengers are allowed one item of hand luggage each. 每位乘客允许携带一件手提行李。 How much time are we allowed? 我们可以有多少时间？nallow yourself something n He allowed himself the occasional glass of wine.allow something We don’t allow diving in the pool. 泳池内禁止跳水。allow somebody in/out/up etc I don’t allow the cat in the bedroom. 我不允许猫进入卧室。 The audience is not allowed backstage. 观众不允许进入后台。nsomebody should be allowed to do something n Students should be allowed to make their own decisions. allow something to do something Don’t allow your problems to dominate your life. 不要让碰到的问题支配你的生活。2 LET/ALLOWmake STH possible 使某事成为可能 to make it possible for something to happen or for someone to do something, especially something helpful or useful 使有可能 SYN permitallow for something Our new system will allow for more efficient use of resources. 我们的新系统将使资源得到更有效的利用。allow somebody to do something A 24-hour ceasefire allowed the two armies to reach an agreement. 24小时的停火让两军达成了一项协议。allow somebody something a seat belt that allows the driver greater freedom of movement 让司机活动更自如的安全带allow something This adjustment of the figures allows a fairer comparison. 给数据做这样的调整可以使对比更加公正。3 ENOUGHhave enough of STH 有充足的某物 to be sure that you have enough time, money, food etc available for a particular purpose 留出，给予〔足够的时间、金钱、食物等〕allow somebody something Allow yourselves plenty of time to get to the airport. 留出足够的时间去机场。allow something for somebody/something I’ve allowed half a bottle of wine for each person. 我给每个人准备了半瓶酒。4 LET/ALLOWcorrect/permitted 正确的/允许的 formal to accept that something is correct or true, or that something is acceptable according to the rules or law 接受；承认 The judge allowed the evidence. 法官接受了这项证据。allow that I allow that there may have been a mistake. 我承认其中可能有个错误。5 allow me formal used as a polite way of offering to help someone do something 让我来6 allow for somebody/something phrasal verb PREPAREto consider the possible facts, problems, costs etc involved in something when making a plan, calculation, or judgment 考虑到，顾及7 allow of something phrasal verb formal to make it possible for something to happen or be accepted 容许有…的可能 → let1, forbid(1)n GRAMMAR: Comparisonallow• You allow someone to do something: Her boss allows her to work from home.• Something is allowed: Working from home is allowed.Allow is often used in the passive.let• You let someone do something: Her boss lets her work from home. ✗Don’t say: let someone to do somethingLet is not used in the passive.permit• Something is permitted: Working from home is permitted.• Someone is permitted to do something: Employees are permitted to work from home.Permit is usually used in the passive. THESAURUSallow to say that someone can do something – used about parents, teachers, or people in authority 〔家长、老师、有权力的人等〕允许，准许They don’t allow students to chew gum in the classroom. 他们不允许学生在课堂上嚼口香糖。I’m not allowed to stay out after ten o'clock. 我不可以在外面待到10点以后。let [not in passive] to allow someone to do something. Let is not used in the passive, and is much more commonly used in everyday English than allow 让，允许〔let不用被动态，在日常英语中比allow要常用得多〕Will your mum let you come to the party? 你妈会让你来参加聚会吗？I’ll borrow John’s bicycle, if he’ll let me. 我会借用约翰的自行车，如果他肯的话。permit formal if something is permitted, it is allowed according to the rules – used especially on written notices and announcements 〔根据规则〕允许，许可〔尤用于书面通知和声明〕Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building. 楼内全面禁止吸烟。give somebody permission used when someone in an important official position decides to allow someone to do something 批准某人He was given special permission to leave school early. 他获特批可以提前离开学校。The Home Office has given him permission to stay in Britain indefinitely. 内政部批准他在英国无限期居留。give your consent to say that you will allow someone to do something that will affect you personally, or a member of your family, when you have a legal right to say ‘no’ 〔对有权否决的事〕同意，应允Her parents have given their consent to the marriage. 她的父母同意了这桩婚事。nYou can’t build on someone’s land without the owner’s consent.give something the go-ahead to officially allow a planned project or activity to happen 批准[许可]某事The government finally gave the go-ahead for a new terminal at Heathrow airport. 政府最终批准在希思罗机场建造一座新航站楼。A new nuclear plant has been given the go-ahead. 一座新核电站已获准建造。authorize to officially or legally allow someone to do something – used about laws or people 〔法律或人〕授权，批准The UN resolution would authorize the use of force. 联合国决议会批准动用武力。I never authorized them to give information about me to other banks. 我从未授权他们向其他银行透露我的资料。entitle to give someone the right to do or have something 使〔某人〕有权利[资格]The pass entitles you to travel on any bus, at any time, in Norwich. 凭这张乘车证你可以在诺威奇随时乘坐任何公共汽车。If the goods are faulty, the customer is entitled to a refund. 商品如有瑕疵，顾客可以要求退款。sanction formal to give official approval and support for something 批准，准许The Truman administration refused to sanction a military attack. 杜鲁门政府拒绝批准发动军事进攻。The advertisements were sanctioned by the candidate himself. 这些广告是经由候选人本人认可的。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
allow• The manager doesn't allow children in the bar.• He knows the Treasury does not allow departments to earmark tax revenues.• We do not allow eating in the classrooms.• Paul's bank now allows him £35 a week, and Geoff can withdraw no more than £40.• He spent more than ten days in the neurology unit at Glasgow's Southern General before being allowed home.• She has been allowed out now to visit her family because she has just married off her only daughter.• We do not allow people to smoke anywhere in the building.• Our apartment complex does not allow pets.• Most colleges will allow students to change their subject choices in the early weeks of an academic session.• Under federal law, Indian nations are allowed to operate casinos on their reservations, with the state's permission.• We allow visitor play on Tuesdays and Thursdays.• At least one of the new filter starting bacteria mixes claims to allow you to start your tank fully stocked.something is allowed• We can see then, that deregulation is allowed, but that limits are placed upon it.• What a disgrace that this is allowed in our city.• Smoking is allowed only inside vehicles, and the smokes must be extinguished inside those vehicles.• Just because one has insurance does not mean one is allowed to make a claim.• She is not allowed to make diagnoses, initiate drug treatment, or certify death.• No shareholder is allowed to own more than a tenth of the company.• A map has been produced to show exactly what level of decibels the music in each street is allowed to reach.• Just one version is allowed to remain within a species, whatever happens when different species are compared.allow somebody to do something• How could they allow the state to build a prison so close to our neighborhood?• A 24-hour ceasefire allowed the two armies to reach a solution to the conflict.allow that• We should not allow that, because that would be a contempt of democracy.• But we would hardly allow that Henry knows 2.• If we allow that logic then, the time must be approaching that the guy taking credit must now accept the blame.• He allowed that others had proposed the Roman synod and the revision of the Code of Canon Law.• What reason could we produce to allow that she may have the capacity to act autonomously while denying her the capacity-to-act-autonomously?• Neoclassicism allowed that some offenders were less guilty than others because they were less responsible.• I allow that there may have been a mistake.• I felt I had failed them and this was too important a job to allow that to happen again.From Longman Business Dictionaryallowal‧low /əˈlaʊ/ verb [transitive]1ACCOUNTING when the tax authorities allow an amount, cost, or expense, they permit it not to be counted as part of income or profitsYou’re allowed a certain amount a year in personal allowances, before you have to pay any tax.2allow a claim to decide that an amount of money claimed for insurance, damages etc is correct and should be paidThe judge allowed claims against the company involving unpaid dividends and disallowed others. → allow for something→ See Verb tableOrigin allow (1300-1400) Old French allouer, from Medieval Latin allocare ( → ALLOCATE) and from Latin adlaudare, from ad- “to” + laudare “to praise”al·low verb →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
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al‧low S1 W1 /əˈlaʊ/
verb [transitive]
SYN permit
allow somebody/something to do something
My parents wouldn’t allow me to go to the party.
Women are not allowed to enter the mosque.
Don’t allow your problems to dominate your life.
allow somebody something
Passengers are allowed one item of hand luggage each.
How much time are we allowed?
allow somebody in/out/up etc
I don’t allow the cat in the bedroom.
The audience is not allowed backstage.
something is (not) allowed (=something is or is not officially permitted)
Are dictionaries allowed in the exam?
We don’t allow diving in the pool.
2. MAKE SOMETHING POSSIBLE to make it possible for something to happen or for someone to do something, especially something helpful or useful
SYN permit:
This adjustment of the figures allows a fairer comparison.
allow for
Our new system will allow for more efficient use of resources.
allow somebody to do something
A 24-hour ceasefire allowed the two armies to reach an agreement.
allow somebody something
a seat belt that allows the driver greater freedom of movement
3. HAVE ENOUGH OF SOMETHING to be sure that you have enough time, money, food etc available for a particular purpose
allow somebody something
Allow yourselves plenty of time to get to the airport.
allow something for somebody/something
I’ve allowed half a bottle of wine for each person.
4. CORRECT/PERMITTED formal to accept that something is correct or true, or that something is acceptable according to the rules or law
allow that
I allow that there may have been a mistake.
The judge allowed the evidence.
5. allow me formal used as a polite way of offering to help someone do something:
‘Allow me,’ the waiter said, opening the door.
⇨ let1, forbid(1)
▪ allow to say that someone can do something – used about parents, teachers, or people in authority: They don’t allow students to chew gum in the classroom. | I’m not allowed to stay out after ten o'clock.
▪let [not in passive] to allow someone to do something. Let is not used in the passive, and is much more commonly used in everyday English than allow: Will your Mum let you come to the party? | I’ll borrow John’s bicycle, if he’ll let me.
▪permit formal if something is permitted, it is allowed according to the rules - used especially on written notices and announcements: Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building.
▪give somebody permission used when someone in an important official position decides to allow someone to do something: He was given special permission to leave school early. | The Home Office has given him permission to stay in Britain indefinitely.
▪give your consent to say that you will allow someone to do something that will affect you personally, or a member of your family, when you have a legal right to say ‘no’: Her parents have given their consent to the marriage. | You can’t build on someone’s land without the owner’s consent.
▪give something the go-ahead to officially allow a planned project or activity to happen: The government finally gave the go-ahead for a new terminal at Heathrow airport. | A new nuclear plant has been given the go-ahead.
▪authorize to officially or legally allow someone to do something - used about laws or people: The UN resolution would authorize the use of force. | I never authorized them to give information about me to other banks.
▪entitle to give someone the right to do or have something: The pass entitles you to travel on any bus, at any time, in Norwich. | If the goods are faulty, the customer is entitled to a refund.
▪sanction formal to give official approval and support for something: The Truman administration refused to sanction a military attack. | The advertisements were sanctioned by the candidate himself.
allow for somebody/something phrasal verb
to consider the possible facts, problems, costs etc involved in something when making a plan, calculation, or judgment:
Allowing for inflation, the cost of the project will be $2 million.
You should always allow for the possibility that it might rain.
allow of something phrasal verb formal
to make it possible for something to happen or be accepted:
The facts allow of only one interpretation.
al‧low S1 W1 /əˈlaʊ/
verb [transitive] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: allouer, from Medieval Latin allocare ( ⇨ allocate) and from Latin adlaudare, from ad- 'to' + laudare 'to praise'
1. CAN DO SOMETHING to let someone do or have something, or let something happen Language: Old French
Origin: allouer, from Medieval Latin allocare ( ⇨ allocate) and from Latin adlaudare, from ad- 'to' + laudare 'to praise'
SYN permit
allow somebody/something to do something
allow somebody something
allow somebody in/out/up etc
something is (not) allowed (=something is or is not officially permitted)
2. MAKE SOMETHING POSSIBLE to make it possible for something to happen or for someone to do something, especially something helpful or useful
SYN permit:
allow for
allow somebody to do something
allow somebody something
3. HAVE ENOUGH OF SOMETHING to be sure that you have enough time, money, food etc available for a particular purpose
allow somebody something
allow something for somebody/something
4. CORRECT/PERMITTED formal to accept that something is correct or true, or that something is acceptable according to the rules or law
allow that
5. allow me formal used as a polite way of offering to help someone do something:
⇨ let1, forbid(1)
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allow for somebody/something phrasal verb
to consider the possible facts, problems, costs etc involved in something when making a plan, calculation, or judgment:
allow of something phrasal verb formal
to make it possible for something to happen or be accepted:
Describing a process 描述过程
◆ This diagram illustrates the process of paper-making./This diagramshows how paper is made.这个图说明了造纸的过程。 ◆ First /First of all , logs are delivered to a paper mill, where the bark is removed and the wood is cut into small chips.首先，原木被运送到造纸厂，在那里去掉树皮，然后被切成木片。 ◆ Next /Second , the wood chips are pulped, either using chemicals or in a pulping machine.接下来，用化学品或磨浆机把木片化成浆。 ◆ Pulping breaks down the internal structure of the wood and enables /allows the natural oilsto be removed.制浆过程使木材的内部结构分解，从而去除木材里的天然油。 ◆ Once /After the wood has been pulped, the pulp is bleachedin order to remove impurities. /…is bleachedso that impuritiescan be removed.木材制成浆后，将其漂白以去除杂质。 ◆ The next stage is to feed the pulp into the paper machine, where it is mixed with waterand then poured onto a wire conveyor belt.下一步便是将纸浆送入制纸机，与水混合后再倒入金属传送带。 ◆ As the pulp travels along the conveyor belt, the water drains away.This causes the solid materialto sink to the bottom, forming a layer of paper.当纸浆沿传送带传送时，水分蒸发，使得固体物质沉到底部，形成一层纸。 ◆ At this point the new paper is still wet,so it is passed between large heated rollers, which press out the remaining water andsimultaneously dry the paper/…dry the paperat the same time .这时，新出的纸仍然是湿的，故让其经过几个巨大的热滚筒，挤压脱水并同时烘干。 ◆ The final stage is to wind the paper onto large rolls./Finally , the paper is wound onto large rolls.最后一步是将纸卷在巨大的卷轴上。
