| 释义 |
allow/əˈlaʊ/v. 1 tr. permit (a practice, a person to do something, a thing to happen or be done, etc.) 准许，允许(某一行为、某人做某事、某事发生等) smoking is not allowed 不准吸烟; we allowed them to speak 我们允许他们发言 2 tr. give or provide; permit (a person) to have (a limited quantity or sum) 给，提供(一定数量) we were allowed ￡ 500 a year 我们每年可得到 500 英镑 3 tr. provide or set aside for a purpose; add or deduct in consideration of something 留出；(为某种目的)增加或扣除 allow 10% for inflation 留出 10% 应付通货膨胀 4 tr.a admit, agree, concede 同意，赞成；让步 he allowed that it was so 他承认事情就是这样; ‘You know best, ’ he allowed “你最了解此事”，他让步道 b dial. assert; be of the opinion [方]断言；认为 5 refl. permit oneself, indulge oneself in (conduct) 放任，听任 allowed herself to be persuaded 甘愿她自己被说服; allowed myself a few angry words 信口说了几句生气的话 6 intr. (foll. by 后跟 of) admit of 允许进入，放行 7 intr. (foll. by 后跟 for) take into consideration or account; make addition or deduction corresponding to 考虑；把…考虑进去；根据…增减 allowing for wastage 把损耗算进去 □ allowable adj.□ allowably adv.[Middle English, originally = ‘praise, assign as a right’, from Old French alouer, partly from Latin allaudare ‘to praise’, partly from medieval Latin allocare ‘to place’: see ALLOCATE] |