allow for 1. 考虑到，顾及，为…留出余地 We must allow for the possibility that they have been involved in scandal. 我们必须考虑到他们已卷入丑闻的可能性。 Allowing for the train being late, we should be back by eleven. 把火车晚点的可能性估计在内，11点钟之前我们总可以回家了。 2. 体谅 He is old-fashioned but you have to allow for his age. 他确实因循守旧，但你必须体谅他年事已高了。