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allow的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [əˈlau]
KK音标发音: [əˈlaʊ]
allow的词性:
v.(动词)
allow的词性:
v.tr.(及物动词)
1. To let do or happen; permit:
准许,容许:允许做或发生;准许:
We allow smoking only in restricted areas.
我们只允许在指定的地点吸烟
2. To permit the presence of:
允许…的进入:
No pets are allowed inside.
宠物不准入内
3. To permit to have:
允许拥有:
allow oneself a little treat.
允许自己有小小的享受
4. To make provision for; assign:
为…留出;分配:
The schedule allows time for a coffee break.
时间表留出了喝咖啡的休息时间
5. To plan for in case of need:
酌留,预做准备:万一需要时而做计划:
allow two inches in the fabric for shrinkage.
在织物上预留两英寸以免缩水
6. To grant as a discount or in exchange:
同意打折扣,同意交换:
allowed me 20 dollars on my old word processor.
买我的旧文字处理机可打二十美元折扣
7. Chiefly Upper Southern U.S.
【多用于美国中南部】
8. To admit, grant:
承认,同意:
I allowed as how he was right.
我承认他是对的
9. To suppose:
猜想:
“We allow he's straight”(American Speech)
“我们猜想他是坦率的”(美国语言)
10. To assert:
认为,断定:
Mother allowed that we'd better come in for dinner.
妈妈认为我们最好是进屋吃饭
allow的词性:
v.intr.(不及物动词)
11. To offer a possibility; admit:
提供可能性;可能:
The poem allows of several interpretations.
这首诗可以有好几种解释
12. To take a possibility into account; make allowance:
考虑,顾及:考虑到某种可能性;考虑到客观情况,体谅:
In calculating profit, retailers must allow for breakage and spoilage.
计算利润时,零售商们必须考虑到破碎和损坏情况
allow的词源:
13. Middle English allouen [to approve, permit]
中古英语 allouen [同意,允许]
14. from Old French allouer
源自 古法语 allouer
15. from Latin allaud3re [to praise] ad- [intensive pref] * see ad- laud3re [to praise] * see laud
源自 拉丁语 allaud3re [称赞] ad- [加强语义的前缀] *参见 ad- laud3re [称赞] *参见 laud
16. and from Medieval Latin alloc3re [to assign] * see allocate
并源自 中世纪拉丁语 alloc3re [分配] *参见 allocate
allow的词性:
adj.(形容词)
allow的词性:
adv.(副词)