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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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