allow

[ə'lau]

vt.允许, 让某人得到, 留出, 同意（法律）
vi.(for)考虑到, 允许

vt.

1. 允许, 准许[O2][+v-ing]

Swimming is not allowed at this beach.

这片海滩禁止游泳。

She allowed us to smoke.

她允许我们抽烟。

2. 准……进; 准……出[O]

He doesn't allow cats in the room.

他不允许猫进入房内。

3. 给予, 提供; 容许[O1][(+for)]

Their teacher allowed them three days for the assignment.

他们的老师给他们三天时间完成作业。

4. 使成为可能[O2]

The windfall allowed me to buy a house.

这意外之财使我得以购置一幢房子。

5. 认可

The judge allowed the claim.

法官同意了这一请求。

6. 【书】承认[+that]

He allowed that they were right.

他承认他们是对的。

vi.

1. 容许[(+of)]

The situation allows of no delay.

情况不容许有任何延误。

2. 考虑[(+for)]

In working with this cloth, be sure to allow for shrinking.

用这种布缝衣, 务必考虑到洗后会缩水。

词形变化

形容词: allowable | 副词: allowably | 动词过去式: allowed | 动词过去分词: allowed | 动词现在分词: allowing | 动词第三人称单数: allows |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.允许; 同意

let  consent  permit  admit  grant

vt.承认

acknowledge  recognize  concede  

同义参见:

sanction  render  permit  license  let  accede  tolerate  

反义:

vt.vi.允许; 承认; 提供

prevent  forbid  prohibit  disallow  deny  

英英释义

动词 allow:

make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

同义词：let, permit

consent to, give permission

同义词：permit, let, countenance

let have

同义词：grant

give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

同义词：appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve

make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

同义词：leave, allow for, provide

allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something

同义词：take into account

afford possibility

同义词：admit

allow the other (baseball) team to score

同义词：give up

grant as a discount or in exchange

allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

同义词：permit, tolerate

短语词组

allow for

1. 考虑到

We'd better start earlier. We should allow for traffic delays.

我们还是早些动身为好。我们要考虑到路上交通会有耽搁。

allow of

1. 容许有……的可能

The task is so urgent that it allows of no hesitation.

任务非常紧迫, 不容迟疑。

补充

allowallow英:[əˈlau] 美:[əˈlaʊ]vt.1.允许, 许可(做某事)I don't think he would allow it.我想他不会允许的。Do they allow smoking in the cinemas?他们允许在电影院里抽烟吗?Allow me to introduce you to our headmaster.请允许我介绍你见见我们的校长。2.给予, 让…得到The court allowed a sum of money to each child for clothing.法院判给每个孩子一笔服装费。3.承认, 认为The referee refused to allow the goal.裁判不承认这次进球。You must allow yourself to be wrong.你必须承认自己错了。

例句

1. Henry doesn't allow smoking in his office.亨利不准别人在他的办公室里吸烟。 2. Smoking will not be allowed.吸烟将被禁止。 3. His mum allowed him to go out.他妈妈允许他出去。 4. The children are not allowed to watch too much TV.不允许孩子们看太多电视。 5. He's not allowed to go out at night.他不可以晚上出去。 6. Smoking is not allowed.禁止吸烟。 7. They will be allowed home after lunch.他们午饭后将可以回家。 8. When will we be allowed into the classroom?什么时候准许我们进教室？ 9. Don't allow the soil to dry out.别让土壤干透。 10. He was allowed a few visitors.他可以接见几位来访者。 11. Gifts like chocolates or flowers are usually allowed.巧克力、鲜花等礼物在允许之列。 12. He should be allowed the occasional treat.应该准许他偶尔破戒吃点儿。 13. They don't allow dogs.他们不准狗入内。 14. She said this would allow more effective planning.她说这会为更有效的规划创造可能。 15. The new equipment will allow us to improve our research.新设备将使我们得以改进研究工作。 16. The extra money allows them to distribute more aid.这笔额外的款项使他们能分发更多的援助物资。 17. allow about 75ml per person.给每个人约75毫升。 18. I'm not sure how long the meeting will last, but you should allow a couple of hours.我不能确定会议将持续多久, 但你应该留出两三个小时。 19. We must allow three days for the journey.我们必须为旅行留出3天时间。 20. Please allow 28 days for delivery.请留出28天的送货时间。 21. Being HIV-positive, I allow, means doing a bit more of my work while I still can.我承认, 艾滋病病毒检测呈阳性意味着我要在力所能及的时候多做一点工作。 22. He allowed that even world leaders could make mistakes.他承认即使是世界领导人也会犯错。 23. The judge in the present case had been wrong to hold that the initial arrest was not lawful and the court allowed the appeal on that question.审理此案的法官错误地认为最初的逮捕是不合法的, 法庭批准对该问题提出上诉。 24. After an appeal, the goal was allowed.诉请裁决之后, 这个球被判得分有效。 25. State and local governments can, if their laws allow, redraw state and municipal political districts.如果法律准许, 州政府和地方政府可以重新划分州和市的政治区划。 26. 'Please,' Jerry said. 'allow me.'杰瑞说：“请让我来。” 27. allow me to introduce Dr Amberg.请允许我来介绍安伯格博士。 28. allow me to buy you a drink at the bar.让我来请你喝一杯。 29. They allowed the children to go to the park.他们让孩子们到公园去。 30. to allow a student to be absent允许一名学生缺席 31. to allow a person $200 for expenses让每人得到200美元作花费 32. She allowed herself no meat and sweets.她克制自己不吃肉和糖果。 33. Cats and dogs are not allowed.猫狗不准入内。 34. I must allow that she is capable.我得承认她很能干。 35. to allow a claim承认要求正当 36. to allow half an hour for changing trains酌留半小时的换车时间 37. You must allow for shrinkage.你得算好布会缩水。 38. Jack had allowed himself to become fat.杰克听任自己发胖。 39. to allow a door to remain open任凭门还敞着 40. I allowed it was not too late to go.我认为那时去为时不算太晚。 41. We allowed to go to the library.我们打算到图书馆去。 42. a premise that allow of only one conclusion假设容许只有一个结论 43. to spend more than one's budget allows花费超过某人预算所能容许 44. a plan to allow Sunday shopping.一项允许周日购物的计划。 45. political advertising on television is not allowed.在电视上搞政治宣传是不被允许的。 46. the dissident was allowed to leave the country.持不同政见者被允许离开该国。 47. she was allowed a higher profile.允许她有较高的曝光度。 48. the river was patrolled and few people were allowed across.这条河处于巡查中，很少有人获准通过。 49. I could not believe that we would allow the opportunity to slip away.我无法相信我们会让这机遇溜走。 50. they agreed to a ceasefire to allow talks with the government.他们同意停火以便和政府谈判。 51. [with obj. and infinitive]he stopped for a moment to allow his eyes to adjust.他停了片刻让眼睛适应。 52. [no obj.]my household duties were too many to allow of a visit to the hospital.我的家务事太多了，都没时间去医院。 53. the house was demolished to allow for road widening.为拓宽道路而拆了房子。 54. income rose by 11 per cent allowing for inflation.考虑到通货膨胀，收入增长了11%。 55. allow an hour or so for driving.为开车而酌留约一小时时间。 56. [with clause]he allowed that the penalty appeared too harsh for the crime.他承认对此犯罪行为来说，惩罚似乎太重了。 57. [with direct speech]‘Could happen,’ she allowed indifferently.“有可能，”她无动于衷地承认道。 58. Lincoln allowed that he himself could never support the man.林肯断言他自己决不会支持那人。 59. Children under eighteen are not allowed to buy alcohol.十八岁以下的孩子不准购买酒精饮料。 60. I'm afraid we don't allow people to bring dogs into this restaurant.对不起，带狗不能进本餐厅。 61. Photography is not allowed inside the cathedral.大教堂内不准拍照。 62. No dogs allowed.不得携犬入内。 63. I'm only allowed out on Friday and Saturday nights.我只有星期五、星期六晚上才可以出去。 64. My contract allows me four weeks' holiday a year.根据合约，我每年有四个星期假期。 65. Working part-time would allow me to spend more time with my family.非全日工作使我有多点时间跟家人相聚。 66. You should allow about 30 minutes for each question.每道试题你大约要给30分钟做。 67. The journey should take about two hours, allowing for heavy traffic.把交通繁忙的因素计算在内的话，整个旅程需时两个小时左右。 68. a religion that does not allow divorce不允许离婚的宗教 69. They don't allow smoking in this hotel.他们不允许在宾馆里抽烟。 70. "I want to change my schedule, but my boss won't allow it."我想改变我的日程安排，但老板不让。 71. He allowed her to leave. [=he let her leave]他准许她离开。 72. My boss wouldn't allow me to change my schedule.老板不会允许我改变日程安排。 73. They don't allow people to smoke in this hotel.他们不允许人们在宾馆里抽烟。 74. He allows himself (to have) many luxuries.他给自己买了很多奢侈品。 75. allow me to get/open the door for you.让我来为你开门。 76. "If you're going to remodel your kitchen, allow me to offer a few suggestions."如果你打算对厨房进行改造，让我给你一些建议吧。 77. Women were not allowed in/into the club.女士不允许进入该俱乐部。 78. The hospital doesn't allow visitors after 8 p.m.医院每晚8点后不准许探视。 79. Those children are too young to be allowed (to go) out at night.那些孩子太小了，不能允许他们晚上出门。 80. Her experience allows her to handle difficult situations easily. [=she can handle difficult situations easily because of her experience]她的经验使她可以轻松化解困境。 81. Her schedule doesn't allow her any time to run errands.她的日程安排使她没时间替人跑腿。 82. The system allows you to transfer data easily from one computer to another.这个系统可以让你把数据轻松地从一台电脑传到另一台电脑上。 83. Occasional gaps allow passage through the mountains.偶尔出现的几个峡谷使穿越山脉成为可能。 84. a password that allows access to the system能进入系统的密码 85. The system allows the easy transfer of data from one computer to another. = The system allows data to be transferred easily from one computer to another.这个系统使得数据能轻易地从一台电脑传到另一台电脑上。 86. They allowed the garden to become overgrown with weeds.他们任凭花园杂草丛生。 87. These conditions should never have been allowed to develop.这些状况绝对不允许任其发展。 88. I was surprised to see that she had allowed herself to become so fat. [=that she had become so fat]看到她任凭自己变得这么胖，我很惊讶。 89. When you're planning your day you should allow an hour for lunch.当你安排一天的工作时，你应留出一个小时的午饭时间。 90. Their parents allowed five dollars for each child as spending money.他们的父母给每个孩子留了五美元作为零花钱。 91. We need to allow (ourselves) enough time to get the job done properly.我们需要给自己留出足够的时间做好这项工作。 92. The judge decided to allow the evidence.法官决定接受这个证据。 93. His job played a more important part in his life than his biographer allows.他的工作在他一生当中要比他的传记中描述的更加重要。 94. She allowed that the work was hard. = She allowed as how the work was hard. [=she admitted that the work was hard]她承认这项工作很艰难。 95. The pitcher allowed five hits and three runs in the first two innings.投手在前两局让对方获得五次安打和三次跑垒得分。 96. allow a goal让对方进球 97. The defense has not allowed a touchdown in the past three games.在过去的三场比赛中，防守队员没让对手达阵得分。 98. "When purchasing property, the company should allow for possible future growth/expansion."购买房产时，公司应当把今后可能的发展考虑在内。 99. "The total distance, allowing for detours, is about 10 miles."把绕路计算在内，总距离约为10英里。 100. "If you allow for inflation, he's actually earning less money now than he was 10 years ago. [=the value of the money he earns now is less than that of the money he earned 10 years ago because of inflation]"如果你把通货膨胀考虑在内，他现在的收入实际上要少于10年前。 101. "The design of the system allows for [=allows, permits] easy upgrades."这个系统的设计使得升级能够轻松进行。 102. "The evidence allows of [=allows, permits] two possible interpretations."这个证据容许两种可能的解释。 103. allowable behavior被允许的行为