allowing
present participle ofallow
| 单词 | allowing |
| 释义 | allowing present participle ofallow allow verb uk/əˈlaʊ/us/əˈlaʊ/allowverb(GIVE PERMISSION)B1[T] to givepermissionfor someone to do something, or to notpreventsomething fromhappening: [+ to infinitive]Do youthinkDad will allow youtogo to Jamie'sparty? You're not allowedtotalkduring theexam. Herproposalswouldallow(= make itpossiblefor)morepeopletostayinfull-timeeducation. Theloopholehas allowed hundreds of drink-driverstoavoidprosecution. Thegovernmenthasrefusedtoallowforeignjournalistsinto theareafor severalweeks. Prisoners have beenmovedto allow thedemolitionofpartof theprison. Pets aren't allowed in thishotel. [+ -ing verb]Smokingis not allowed in thisrestaurant. [+ two objects]He didn't allow us enoughtimetofinishthetest. RedCrossofficialswere allowedaccessto theprisonfor the firsttimea fewdaysago. UKTherefereedecidedto allow(=officiallyaccept)thegoal. At theweekendI allow myself(= I give myself thespecialpleasureof having)aboxofchocolates. How muchtimedo you allow yourself(= makeavailableto yourself)to getreadyin themorning? to allow someone to do something
allow meold-fashioned apoliteexpressionused whenofferingtohelpin some way: You can'tcarryall thosebagsyourself -please, allow me.
Allowing and permitting
allowverb(ADMIT)[+ that]formal toadmitoragreethat something istrue: She allowedthatshe might have been toosuspicious. Accepting & agreeing
GrammarAllow,permitorlet? Allow, permit and let are verbs that all have a similar meaning: ‘give permission or make it possible for somebody to do or have something’.…Permit/allow someone+to do something We use a direct object + to-infinitive after permit and allow:…Let someone+do something We use an infinitive without to after let:…Passive withpermitandallow We often use the passive with permit and allow. Permit is often used for official public notices:…Phrasal verbsallow forsomething allow ofsomething Examplesofallowingallowing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. These systems work byallowingthe user to choose a succession of randomly generated color schemes with progressively smaller variations. From theCambridge English Corpus The disappearance of these members brings party and constituency preferences into better alignment, thusallowingfor the repolarization of congressional parties. From theCambridge English Corpus Subsiding reservoirs held water for short periods,allowingsuspended particles to deposit themselves at the bottom of the reservoir. From theCambridge English Corpus In such cases, decision makers can reevaluate options on the fly,allowingthem to quickly determine how these choices affect various solutions. From theCambridge English Corpus Allowingusers to gain a better understanding of the environment and how different pieces relate to each other. From theCambridge English Corpus It involves holding differences in tension andallowingmultiple and differing perspectives to co-exist. From theCambridge English Corpus Analogously to the situation for resolvespecs, there is a tension betweenallowingarbitrary computation in defining the relations and supporting compile-time analysis. From theCambridge English Corpus He offers what must count for now as definitive accounts of the conditionsallowingthese interactions. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, crossover is per formed at random points during reproductionallowinggenes to be spliced, resulting in significant changes in the encoded values. From theCambridge English Corpus Anyone who does not believe that their image will do more-or-less what they will it to do isallowingscientific ideology to override common sense. From theCambridge English Corpus These overstated positions reassure patients about physicians' primary beneficent outlook whileallowinginevitable compromises to accommodate difficult situations or competing principles. From theCambridge English Corpus Distributional bias can be effective inallowinglearning, even without restricting the class of possible learned languages. From theCambridge English Corpus This enlarges her ability to experience and shape the near-field sounds around her body, evenallowingher to shape sounds with her hands and feet. From theCambridge English Corpus This will lead to the expedient selection of relevant natural enemies for a specific whitefly target,allowingfor 'customized control' for the first time. From theCambridge English Corpus By organizing meetings andallowingpeople to speak their minds, it enabled the government to discover how people thought and felt. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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