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allow

Word family 
al·low /əˈlaʊ/ ●●● S1 W1 verb [transitiveT]  
1  LET/ALLOWcan do STH 能做某事 to let someone do or have something, or let something happen 允许，容许，准许 SYN permit
allow somebody to do something
 My parents wouldn’t allow me to go to the party.
父母不许我去参加聚会。
5 Women are not allowed to enter the mosque.
女性不准进入清真寺。
n Students are not allowed to eat in class.
something is allowed (=something is officially permitted) 某事物是（不）允许的
 Are dictionaries allowed in the exam?
考试时可以查词典吗？
allow somebody something
 Passengers are allowed one item of hand luggage each.
每位乘客允许携带一件手提行李。
 How much time are we allowed?
我们可以有多少时间？
nallow yourself something
n He allowed himself the occasional glass of wine.
allow something
 We don’t allow diving in the pool.
泳池内禁止跳水。
allow somebody in/out/up etc
 I don’t allow the cat in the bedroom.
我不允许猫进入卧室。
 The audience is not allowed backstage.
观众不允许进入后台。
nsomebody should be allowed to do something
n Students should be allowed to make their own decisions.
allow something to do something
 Don’t allow your problems to dominate your life.
不要让碰到的问题支配你的生活。
2  LET/ALLOWmake STH possible 使某事成为可能 to make it possible for something to happen or for someone to do something, especially something helpful or useful 使有可能 SYN permit
allow for something
 Our new system will allow for more efficient use of resources.
我们的新系统将使资源得到更有效的利用。
allow somebody to do something
 A 24-hour ceasefire allowed the two armies to reach an agreement.
24小时的停火让两军达成了一项协议。
allow somebody something
 a seat belt that allows the driver greater freedom of movement
让司机活动更自如的安全带
allow something
 This adjustment of the figures allows a fairer comparison.
给数据做这样的调整可以使对比更加公正。
3  ENOUGHhave enough of STH 有充足的某物 to be sure that you have enough time, money, food etc available for a particular purpose 留出，给予〔足够的时间、金钱、食物等〕
allow somebody something
 Allow yourselves plenty of time to get to the airport.
留出足够的时间去机场。
allow something for somebody/something
 I’ve allowed half a bottle of wine for each person.
我给每个人准备了半瓶酒。
4  LET/ALLOWcorrect/permitted 正确的/允许的 formal to accept that something is correct or true, or that something is acceptable according to the rules or law 接受；承认
 The judge allowed the evidence.
法官接受了这项证据。
allow that
 I allow that there may have been a mistake.
我承认其中可能有个错误。
5  allow me formal used as a polite way of offering to help someone do something 让我来
Examples from the Corpus
allow me• In the meantime, I hope you will allow me and my family a few hours of peace to think about things.• Will you allow me my conjugal rights?• Another of my promotions, if you will allow me to bask a little in his glory.• It also allows me to determine the location and scale of a work in context.• This play is allowing me to do what I trained to do.• The other photos on this fantasy book cover are of the people who allowed me to draw portraits of their lives.• Civil and commercial litigation allows me to help a client stand up for his rights.• Most of them allowed me to use their names.
6 allow for somebody/something phrasal verbphr v PREPAREto consider the possible facts, problems, costs etc involved in something when making a plan, calculation, or judgment 考虑到，顾及
7 allow of something phrasal verbphr v formal to make it possible for something to happen or be accepted 容许有…的可能
→ let1, forbid(1)
n GRAMMAR: Comparison
allow
You allow someone to do something:
Her boss allows her to work from home.
Something is allowed:
Working from home is allowed.
Allow is often used in the passive.
let
You let someone do something:
Her boss lets her work from home.
✗Don’t say: let someone to do something
Let is not used in the passive.
permit
Something is permitted:
Working from home is permitted.
Someone is permitted to do something:
Employees are permitted to work from home.
Permit is usually used in the passive.
 THESAURUS
allow to say that someone can do something – used about parents, teachers, or people in authority 〔家长、老师、有权力的人等〕允许，准许
They don’t allow students to chew gum in the classroom.
他们不允许学生在课堂上嚼口香糖。
I’m not allowed to stay out after ten o'clock.
我不可以在外面待到10点以后。
let [not in passive] to allow someone to do something. Let is not used in the passive, and is much more commonly used in everyday English than allow 让，允许〔let不用被动态，在日常英语中比allow要常用得多〕
Will your mum let you come to the party?
你妈会让你来参加聚会吗？
I’ll borrow John’s bicycle, if he’ll let me.
我会借用约翰的自行车，如果他肯的话。
permit formal if something is permitted, it is allowed according to the rules – used especially on written notices and announcements 〔根据规则〕允许，许可〔尤用于书面通知和声明〕
Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the building.
楼内全面禁止吸烟。
give somebody permission used when someone in an important official position decides to allow someone to do something 批准某人
He was given special permission to leave school early.
他获特批可以提前离开学校。
The Home Office has given him permission to stay in Britain indefinitely.
内政部批准他在英国无限期居留。
give your consent to say that you will allow someone to do something that will affect you personally, or a member of your family, when you have a legal right to say ‘no’ 〔对有权否决的事〕同意，应允
Her parents have given their consent to the marriage.
她的父母同意了这桩婚事。
nYou can’t build on someone’s land without the owner’s consent.
give something the go-ahead to officially allow a planned project or activity to happen 批准[许可]某事
The government finally gave the go-ahead for a new terminal at Heathrow airport.
政府最终批准在希思罗机场建造一座新航站楼。
A new nuclear plant has been given the go-ahead.
一座新核电站已获准建造。
authorize to officially or legally allow someone to do something – used about laws or people 〔法律或人〕授权，批准
The UN resolution would authorize the use of force.
联合国决议会批准动用武力。
I never authorized them to give information about me to other banks.
我从未授权他们向其他银行透露我的资料。
entitle to give someone the right to do or have something 使〔某人〕有权利[资格]
The pass entitles you to travel on any bus, at any time, in Norwich.
凭这张乘车证你可以在诺威奇随时乘坐任何公共汽车。
If the goods are faulty, the customer is entitled to a refund.
商品如有瑕疵，顾客可以要求退款。
sanction formal to give official approval and support for something 批准，准许
The Truman administration refused to sanction a military attack.
杜鲁门政府拒绝批准发动军事进攻。
The advertisements were sanctioned by the candidate himself.
这些广告是经由候选人本人认可的。
Examples from the Corpus
allow• The manager doesn't allow children in the bar.• He knows the Treasury does not allow departments to earmark tax revenues.• We do not allow eating in the classrooms.• Paul's bank now allows him £35 a week, and Geoff can withdraw no more than £40.• He spent more than ten days in the neurology unit at Glasgow's Southern General before being allowed home.• She has been allowed out now to visit her family because she has just married off her only daughter.• We do not allow people to smoke anywhere in the building.• Our apartment complex does not allow pets.• Most colleges will allow students to change their subject choices in the early weeks of an academic session.• Under federal law, Indian nations are allowed to operate casinos on their reservations, with the state's permission.• We allow visitor play on Tuesdays and Thursdays.• At least one of the new filter starting bacteria mixes claims to allow you to start your tank fully stocked.
something is allowed• We can see then, that deregulation is allowed, but that limits are placed upon it.• What a disgrace that this is allowed in our city.• Smoking is allowed only inside vehicles, and the smokes must be extinguished inside those vehicles.• Just because one has insurance does not mean one is allowed to make a claim.• She is not allowed to make diagnoses, initiate drug treatment, or certify death.• No shareholder is allowed to own more than a tenth of the company.• A map has been produced to show exactly what level of decibels the music in each street is allowed to reach.• Just one version is allowed to remain within a species, whatever happens when different species are compared.
allow somebody to do something• How could they allow the state to build a prison so close to our neighborhood?• A 24-hour ceasefire allowed the two armies to reach a solution to the conflict.
allow that• We should not allow that, because that would be a contempt of democracy.• But we would hardly allow that Henry knows 2.• If we allow that logic then, the time must be approaching that the guy taking credit must now accept the blame.• He allowed that others had proposed the Roman synod and the revision of the Code of Canon Law.• What reason could we produce to allow that she may have the capacity to act autonomously while denying her the capacity-to-act-autonomously?• Neoclassicism allowed that some offenders were less guilty than others because they were less responsible.• I allow that there may have been a mistake.• I felt I had failed them and this was too important a job to allow that to happen again.
From Longman Business Dictionary
allowal·low /əˈlaʊ/ verb [transitiveT]
1ACCOUNTING when the tax authorities allow an amount, cost, or expense, they permit it not to be counted as part of income or profits
You’re allowed a certain amount a year in personal allowances, before you have to pay any tax.
2allow a claim to decide that an amount of money claimed for insurance, damages etc is correct and should be paid
The judge allowed claims against the company involving unpaid dividends and disallowed others.
→ allow for something
Origin allow
(1300-1400) Old French allouer, from Medieval Latin allocare ( → ALLOCATE) and from Latin adlaudare, from ad- “to” + laudare “to praise”
al·low verb →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1
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