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单词 enable
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Definition of enable in English:

enable

verb ɛˈneɪb(ə)lɪˈneɪb(ə)l
[with object]
  • 1with infinitive Give (someone) the authority or means to do something; make it possible for.

    授权给,批准,许可;使能够

    the evidence would enable us to arrive at firm conclusions

    该证据能使我们得出明确的结论。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • New 3D imaging techniques enabled the scientists to look for subtle similarities and differences in brain structure.
    • He said the grant would now enable the church to apply to other charities for money.
    • Integrated identity management software enables customers to tighten security and reduce costs while efficiently solving this complex IT problem.
    • The system enables a single operator to monitor and operate up to three systems.
    • The evidence enables him to describe how individuals and even groups became ensnared.
    • Despite the many luxuries and enabling technologies available to them, young people are becoming less happy and secure.
    • The availability of the required permit forms enabled the transportation of susceptible animals direct to slaughter to be resumed.
    • Technology is also enabling people with chronic illnesses to remain productive.
    • She says they are sending her a letter of authority to enable her to accompany the deceased back to China.
    • A new technique enabled the scientists to better predict the severity of the next cycle.
    • It must mean also that it has obtained whatever consents are needed to enable an assignment of rights to be effective.
    • The voice feature enables customers and representatives to engage in online, real-time conversation.
    • The grant has enabled the school to purchase three new cookers and to cover the cost of re-wiring.
    • He had the ear of the King and managed to secure a grant, enabling the poor cobbler's son from Odense to attend grammar school.
    • TV receivers have a special control feature enabling all 758 channels to be played simultaneously.
    • When did we agree to laws enabling companies to fine workers many times their daily wage if they went on strike for a day?
    • The Applicant admits that he signed the consent form enabling Mr Jones to apply on his behalf.
    • The grant has enabled the purchase of equipment and the appointment of a research assistant.
    • New methods enable fast, accurate identification of potential problems in clinical performance - and areas of high achievement.
    • The financing and grants enabled the cooperative to regain its license.
    Synonyms
    authorize, sanction, warrant, license, qualify, allow, permit, entitle, empower, accredit, legalize, validate
    commission, delegate
    informal OK, give the OK to, give the green light to, give the thumbs up to
    allow, permit, let, give the means to, give the resources to, equip, prepare, facilitate, capacitate, fit
    1. 1.1 Make (something) possible.
      使成为可能
      each of them has wheels to enable easy transportation
      the Department is leading the effort to enable a smooth and timely transition
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Varney said the fraud against the tax credit systems was enabled by illicit access to government payroll records.
      • Their new home will have specially adapted rooms built to enable Phoebe to live as full a life as possible.
      • Some chemicals will attack it, thereby enabling it to be etched.
      • New forms of citizenship and public life are simultaneously enabled by new technology and restricted by market power and surveillance.
      • The technology enables a keyboard to be projected onto a flat surface using a beam of light, which can then be typed on.
      • The event also enables people to share their ideas and work with the other groups taking part.
      • They also say that open source provides greater flexibility and control and enables faster, cheaper application development.
      • Many courses now enable students to travel abroad in order to familiarise themselves with different perspectives on world history.
      • A supply chain is a mechanism that enables products to be available in the right amount, at the right place and time.
      • This structure enables hierarchies of management and also peer to peer management functions.
      • The site is aimed at enabling people to practise their English language skills.
      • Both ends of the pipe were sealed and fitted with counter weights to enable it to float.
      • On the other hand, it enables people to spread rumors and untruths without accountability.
      • The merger would enable all the students in Swindon to be taught under one umbrella.
      • Surely the point of having a personal blog is to enable people to read the author's work?
      • It would then be your duty to make reasonable adjustments to enable the individual to return to work if possible.
      • Their findings will be available within days enabling the lifebuoy committee to proceed with putting more buoys in place.
      • The ability to tolerate high-fibre enables it to convert the grass into milk for its calves.
      • There are also 16 day-places at the hospice, enabling sufferers to chat with people who understand the trauma they are going through.
      • Combining observations made in living cells with computational methods enabled researchers to measure fundamental biophysical properties in living cells.
      • Accounts are expected to be available by next year, enabling a wide range of authorised providers to offer the funds.
      Synonyms
      allow, permit, give permission to, give leave to, authorize, sanction, grant, grant the right to, warrant, license, empower, entitle
  • 2Computing
    Make (a device or system) operational; activate.

    〔主计算机〕启动(设备,系统);激活

    you can enable compression or even virus scanning prior to backup
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Infecting an average Windows machine is fairly trivial, as most people have ActiveX and Java enabled.
    • The chips will not have Hyper-Threading technology enabled.
    • Now, with a P2P system fully enabled, they can offer that functionality with iron-clad security.
    • So far as we could gather, the Net service is enabled by default and has to be switched off in BIOS setup.
    • However, the fact that you haven't enabled this service doesn't necessarily mean you're safe if you have an OEM box.
    • You do need to have cookies enabled on your web browser to access the Members Only section.
    • I have javascript enabled on this Windows 95 Netscape 4.6 browser but no forms for annotation appear when I log on to the site.
    • Just make sure you have java installed and enabled.
    • On the new address I have very strong spam filtering enabled at the ISP end, and almost none gets through to me.
    • The problem was that no one really needed Internet Printing services enabled by default.
    • This means that memory overflow viruses will not affect a system with EVP enabled.
    • In doing so, Northern Ireland has become the first UK region outside of London to have every one of its exchanges enabled for broadband.
    • This immediately enabled all services on that network to the outside world.
    • What really irks me, though, is having to manually enable all these high-tech marvels.
    • It's unlikely that you've got this service enabled without knowing it, but not impossible.
    • Please note that you must have popup windows and JavaScript enabled in your browser to see these.
    • Yet service providers are relatively constrained when it comes to enabling Ethernet services.
    • But this service is not enabled by default, hence the relatively low risk.
    • Click for our special Xmas card (if you have Java enabled on your browser).
    • A Free mode only shows those APs that have no security enabled whilst the D mode locks on to the selected AP and periodically keeps track of it.
    1. 2.1as adjective, in combination -enabled Adapted for use with the specified application or system.
      允许…的,(使)能…的
      WAP-enabled mobile phones

      适用于无线应用协议的移动电话。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled computer or PDA can access the Internet within the zone.
      • I cannot recall ever using my Wi-Fi enabled laptop in a public library.
      • If your computer is not JavaScript enabled, click the launch link and you will be taken automatically to a version which does not use javascript.
      • Another participant, wanted to know the scope of information technology enabled services in India.
      • As mentioned however, you can exchange information with any other Bluetooth enabled device.
      • Passengers can connect through ordinary Wi-Fi enabled laptops.
      • At the moment our exchange is not ADSL enabled, which I find surprising as we're not exactly in the middle of nowhere!
      • The service is available to business travellers with wireless Internet enabled laptop computer or PDA.
      • Well these Wi-Fi enabled cameras are certainly catching on.
      • The idea behind the internet enabled fridge was that you could tell, without opening the fridge door, whether you needed to buy more milk.

Derivatives

  • enablement

  • noun
    • Longer consultations have been significantly associated with better recognition and handling of psychosocial problems and with better patient enablement.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A revolution in communications is happening now. e-Business and Internet enablement are a big part of that revolution, but they're still only a part.
      • He added that broadband enablement remained a top priority for the telecoms group which launched its Highlands and Islands initiative last week.
      • Once the networks are in place, the enablement of next-generation applications and services provides incremental revenue opportunities for vendors.
      • Rather, we are on the cusp of a most exciting and hopeful era, the age of enablement.

Origin

Late Middle English (formerly also as inable): from en-1, in-2, + able.

Rhymes

Abel, able, Babel, cable, fable, gable, label, Mabel, sable, stable, table

Definition of enable in US English:

enable

verb
[with object]
  • 1Give (someone or something) the authority or means to do something.

    授权给,批准,许可;使能够

    with object and infinitive the evidence would enable us to arrive at firm conclusions

    该证据能使我们得出明确的结论。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite the many luxuries and enabling technologies available to them, young people are becoming less happy and secure.
    • The voice feature enables customers and representatives to engage in online, real-time conversation.
    • A new technique enabled the scientists to better predict the severity of the next cycle.
    • Technology is also enabling people with chronic illnesses to remain productive.
    • The Applicant admits that he signed the consent form enabling Mr Jones to apply on his behalf.
    • The availability of the required permit forms enabled the transportation of susceptible animals direct to slaughter to be resumed.
    • New 3D imaging techniques enabled the scientists to look for subtle similarities and differences in brain structure.
    • She says they are sending her a letter of authority to enable her to accompany the deceased back to China.
    • He had the ear of the King and managed to secure a grant, enabling the poor cobbler's son from Odense to attend grammar school.
    • TV receivers have a special control feature enabling all 758 channels to be played simultaneously.
    • The grant has enabled the purchase of equipment and the appointment of a research assistant.
    • It must mean also that it has obtained whatever consents are needed to enable an assignment of rights to be effective.
    • The system enables a single operator to monitor and operate up to three systems.
    • New methods enable fast, accurate identification of potential problems in clinical performance - and areas of high achievement.
    • Integrated identity management software enables customers to tighten security and reduce costs while efficiently solving this complex IT problem.
    • The financing and grants enabled the cooperative to regain its license.
    • The evidence enables him to describe how individuals and even groups became ensnared.
    • He said the grant would now enable the church to apply to other charities for money.
    • The grant has enabled the school to purchase three new cookers and to cover the cost of re-wiring.
    • When did we agree to laws enabling companies to fine workers many times their daily wage if they went on strike for a day?
    Synonyms
    authorize, sanction, warrant, license, qualify, allow, permit, entitle, empower, accredit, legalize, validate
    allow, permit, let, give the means to, give the resources to, equip, prepare, facilitate, capacitate, fit
    1. 1.1 Make possible.
      使成为可能
      a number of courses are available to enable an understanding of a broad range of issues

      要对一系列范围广泛的问题有所了解,有一些课程可供学习。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They also say that open source provides greater flexibility and control and enables faster, cheaper application development.
      • Both ends of the pipe were sealed and fitted with counter weights to enable it to float.
      • It would then be your duty to make reasonable adjustments to enable the individual to return to work if possible.
      • The technology enables a keyboard to be projected onto a flat surface using a beam of light, which can then be typed on.
      • Their findings will be available within days enabling the lifebuoy committee to proceed with putting more buoys in place.
      • The site is aimed at enabling people to practise their English language skills.
      • There are also 16 day-places at the hospice, enabling sufferers to chat with people who understand the trauma they are going through.
      • Varney said the fraud against the tax credit systems was enabled by illicit access to government payroll records.
      • New forms of citizenship and public life are simultaneously enabled by new technology and restricted by market power and surveillance.
      • Many courses now enable students to travel abroad in order to familiarise themselves with different perspectives on world history.
      • The event also enables people to share their ideas and work with the other groups taking part.
      • The ability to tolerate high-fibre enables it to convert the grass into milk for its calves.
      • Some chemicals will attack it, thereby enabling it to be etched.
      • On the other hand, it enables people to spread rumors and untruths without accountability.
      • A supply chain is a mechanism that enables products to be available in the right amount, at the right place and time.
      • Their new home will have specially adapted rooms built to enable Phoebe to live as full a life as possible.
      • Accounts are expected to be available by next year, enabling a wide range of authorised providers to offer the funds.
      • The merger would enable all the students in Swindon to be taught under one umbrella.
      • This structure enables hierarchies of management and also peer to peer management functions.
      • Combining observations made in living cells with computational methods enabled researchers to measure fundamental biophysical properties in living cells.
      • Surely the point of having a personal blog is to enable people to read the author's work?
      Synonyms
      allow, permit, give permission to, give leave to, authorize, sanction, grant, grant the right to, warrant, license, empower, entitle
  • 2Computing
    Make (a device or system) operational; activate.

    〔主计算机〕启动(设备,系统);激活

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A Free mode only shows those APs that have no security enabled whilst the D mode locks on to the selected AP and periodically keeps track of it.
    • This immediately enabled all services on that network to the outside world.
    • So far as we could gather, the Net service is enabled by default and has to be switched off in BIOS setup.
    • You do need to have cookies enabled on your web browser to access the Members Only section.
    • Infecting an average Windows machine is fairly trivial, as most people have ActiveX and Java enabled.
    • I have javascript enabled on this Windows 95 Netscape 4.6 browser but no forms for annotation appear when I log on to the site.
    • Please note that you must have popup windows and JavaScript enabled in your browser to see these.
    • But this service is not enabled by default, hence the relatively low risk.
    • The chips will not have Hyper-Threading technology enabled.
    • However, the fact that you haven't enabled this service doesn't necessarily mean you're safe if you have an OEM box.
    • The problem was that no one really needed Internet Printing services enabled by default.
    • Just make sure you have java installed and enabled.
    • Click for our special Xmas card (if you have Java enabled on your browser).
    • Now, with a P2P system fully enabled, they can offer that functionality with iron-clad security.
    • This means that memory overflow viruses will not affect a system with EVP enabled.
    • In doing so, Northern Ireland has become the first UK region outside of London to have every one of its exchanges enabled for broadband.
    • It's unlikely that you've got this service enabled without knowing it, but not impossible.
    • What really irks me, though, is having to manually enable all these high-tech marvels.
    • On the new address I have very strong spam filtering enabled at the ISP end, and almost none gets through to me.
    • Yet service providers are relatively constrained when it comes to enabling Ethernet services.
    1. 2.1as adjective, in combination -enabled Adapted for use with the specified application or system.
      允许…的,(使)能…的
      WAP-enabled mobile phones

      适用于无线应用协议的移动电话。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Anyone with a Wi-Fi enabled computer or PDA can access the Internet within the zone.
      • I cannot recall ever using my Wi-Fi enabled laptop in a public library.
      • As mentioned however, you can exchange information with any other Bluetooth enabled device.
      • If your computer is not JavaScript enabled, click the launch link and you will be taken automatically to a version which does not use javascript.
      • Another participant, wanted to know the scope of information technology enabled services in India.
      • Passengers can connect through ordinary Wi-Fi enabled laptops.
      • Well these Wi-Fi enabled cameras are certainly catching on.
      • At the moment our exchange is not ADSL enabled, which I find surprising as we're not exactly in the middle of nowhere!
      • The service is available to business travellers with wireless Internet enabled laptop computer or PDA.
      • The idea behind the internet enabled fridge was that you could tell, without opening the fridge door, whether you needed to buy more milk.

Origin

Late Middle English (formerly also as inable): from en-, in-, + able.

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