enable
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++en·a·ble /ɪˈneɪbəl/ ●●● S3 W1 AWL verb [transitive] POSSIBLEto make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happen 使可能；使发生enable somebody/something to do something The loan enabled Jan to buy the house. 贷款使简有能力买下这房子。 There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land. 有计划扩建飞机跑道，让大型客机可以降落。 —enabler noun [countable]→ See Verb table
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enable• Central computer recording of transactions would enable automatic screening for multiple and unjustified claims.• Our main goal is to enable healthy change and growth.• Firstly they enable large systems to be produced yet still retain clarity within the grammar.• They've devised a series of guidelines that will enable the beauty spot to stay both commercially viable and beautiful.• Beds enable the children themselves to be patients.• This information will enable the supplier to propose a solution which matches your requirements.• Her husband and her children were very happy with their lives and she was successful enough to enable them to continue it.• Recent innovations with computer aided design enable us to produce magazines which are more creative, efficient and cost effective.• Acceptance enables you not to have to hide things about yourself and to find freedom to be yourself.en·a·ble verbChineseSyllable
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enable
en‧a‧ble S3 W1 AC /ɪˈneɪbəl/
verb [transitive]
enable somebody/something to do something
The loan enabled Jan to buy the house.
There are plans to enlarge the runway to enable jumbo jets to land.
—enabler noun [countable]
en‧a‧ble S3 W1 AC /ɪˈneɪbəl/
verb [transitive] Word Family: noun: ability ≠ inability, disability; adjective: able ≠ unable, disabled; verb: enable ≠ disable; adverb: ably
to make it possible for someone to do something, or for something to happenenable somebody/something to do something
—enabler noun [countable]
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。