1 VERB 使能够;使有机会 If someone or something enables you to do a particular thing, they give you the opportunity to do it. 使能够;使有机会
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The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
新的检测手段应该能够使医生们尽早查出这种疾病。
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...a new charter for training to enable young people to make the most of their potential. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
能够使年轻人充分发挥潜能的新培训规章
SYN allow, permit, facilitate, empower
2 VERB 使成为可能；使可行 To enable something to happen means to make it possible for it to happen. 使成为可能；使可行
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The hot sun enables the grapes to reach optimum ripeness. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
炙热的阳光使葡萄能够达到最佳成熟状态。
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A series of holes in the side panels enables the position of the shelves to be adjusted. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
通过侧板上的一系列小孔可以对隔板位置进行调整。
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The working class is still too small to enable a successful socialist revolution. [VERB noun]
工人阶级队伍还是非常弱小，不能成功实现社会主义革命。
3 VERB 准许;许可;授权 To enable someone to do something means to give them permission or the right to do it. 准许;许可;授权
| Thesaurus | enable Also look up: |
| VERB. | allow, approve, authorize, facilitate, permit; (ant.) block, disallow, forbid, prevent 2 3 |
| Word Link | en ≈ making, putting : enable, enact, encode |
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