allow
/əˈlaʊ/- admit (an event or activity) as legal or acceptable承认; 允许：
a plan to allow Sunday shopping
一项允许周日购物的计划
political advertising on television is not allowed.
在电视上搞政治宣传是不允许的。
- with obj. and infinitive give (someone) permission to do something允许, 同意（某人）做：
the dissident was allowed to leave the country.
持不同政见者被允许离开该国。
- with two objs permit (someone) to have (something)准许（某人）拥有（某物）：
she was allowed a higher profile.
允许她有较高的曝光度。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction permit (someone) to enter a place or go in a particular direction准许（某人）进入某地（或走某个方向）：
the river was patrolled and few people were allowed across.
这条河处于巡查中, 很少有人获准通过。
- with obj. and infinitive fail to prevent (something) from happening未能阻止（某事）发生, 放任：
I could not believe that we would allow the opportunity to slip away.
我无法相信我们会让这机遇溜走。
- give the necessary time or opportunity for让, 给予, 酌留（时间, 机会）：
they agreed to a ceasefire to allow talks with the government
他们同意停火以便和政府谈判
with obj. and infinitive he stopped for a moment to allow his eyes to adjust他停了片刻让眼睛适应
no obj. dated 〈旧〉my household duties were too many to allow of a visit to the hospital.我的家务事太多了, 都没时间去医院。
- no obj.
allow for
make provision or provide scope for (something)为（某物）留出： the house was demolished to allow for road widening.
为拓宽道路而拆了房子。
- take something into consideration when making plans or calculations考虑到, 顾及：
income rose by 11 per cent allowing for inflation.
考虑到通货膨胀, 收入增长了11%.
- with obj. provide or set aside (an amount of something) for a particular purpose（特地）酌留：
allow an hour or so for driving.
为开车而酌留约一小时时间。
- reporting verb admit the truth of; concede承认：
with clause he allowed that the penalty appeared too harsh for the crime他承认对此犯罪行为来说, 惩罚似乎太重了
with direct speech 'Could happen, ' she allowed indifferently.“有可能,"她无动于衷地承认道。
- with clause N. Amer. informal or dialect assert; be of the opinion〈北美, 非正式或方言〉断定, 认为：
Lincoln allowed that he himself could never support the man.
林肯断言他自己决不会支持那人。