新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

enable

英  [ɪnˈeɪbəl]
    

[VERB]

    VERB. 动词
  • enables , enabling , enabled

    1[T 及物动词] 使能够

    If someone or something enables you to do a particular thing, they give you the opportunity to do it.

    近义词

    help

    双语例句

    例:

    The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early.

    新的检验使医生能在早期发现该种疾病。

    例:

    Hypotheses enable scientists to check the accuracy of their theories.

    假想设定使科学家们能够检查他们的理论的准确性。

    2[T 及物动词] 使成为可能

    To enable something to happen means to make it possible for it to happen.

    近义词

    allow

    反义词

    prevent

    双语例句

    例:

    The hot sun enables the grapes to reach optimum ripeness.

    炙热的阳光使葡萄能达到最佳成熟状态。

    例:

    The working class is still too small to enable a successful socialist revolution.

    工人阶级仍太弱小,不能成功实现社会主义革命。

    3[T 及物动词] 允许

    To enable someone to do something means to give them permission or the right to do it.

    双语例句

    例:

    legislation which enables young people to do a form of alternative service.

    允许年轻人服某种形式的替代役的立法。

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