Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #257
allow
允许；准许
核心释义
to let someone do or have something, or to let something happen
- 1.
将某事视为可能或合理。
To present something as possible or reasonable.
- 2.
不阻止或妨碍。
To not bar or obstruct.
- 3.
承认、接受事实；让步；在更大分歧或不情愿的背景下同意某观点。
To acknowledge, accept the truth of; to concede; to accede to an opinion; to say something one agrees on in the context of a larger disagreement or reluctance.
- 4.
作为扣除或增加而给予(某物)；尤其是减免或扣除。
To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
- 5.
在制定计划时考虑到某事。
To make an allowance, to take into account when making plans.
- 6.
使在物理上成为可能。
To render physically possible.
- 7.
对提出请求的一方作出有利决定；对请求给予胜利。
To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
给予；分配；容许；考虑到；承认；将某事视为可能或合理。；不阻止或妨碍。
用法In use
My parents allow me to stay out late on weekends.
用法提示：allow 在这里表示“允许”，后接宾语和不定式，构成“allow sb. to do”结构。
Please allow a few minutes for the train to arrive.
用法提示：allow 在这里表示“留出，给予（时间）”，后接时间名词。
The teacher allowed the students to use calculators during the exam.
用法提示：allow 在这里表示“准许”，用过去式 allowed 表明已发生的允许行为。
allow sb to do sth
最常用结构，表示允许某人做某事。
My parents allow me to go out on weekends.
我父母允许我周末外出。
allow sth
直接接名词或动名词作宾语。
The rules do not allow pets.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- allow someone to do something
- 允许某人做某事
- The teacher allowed the students to leave early.老师允许学生们早点离开。
- allow something
- 允许某事
- Smoking is not allowed in this building.这栋楼里不允许吸烟。
- allow that
- 承认/允许（从句）
- He allowed that the project might have some flaws.他承认这个项目可能有一些缺陷。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- allow for
- 考虑到；留出余地We must allow for unexpected expenses when planning the budget.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一个“低”门槛（low），你“允许”别人通过——a + low = allow，意为允许。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：giving permission、stating rules、making requests allow 通常用于中性语境，多用于陈述规则、给予许可或提出请求时，不带有明显的正式或非正式色彩。
语法说明Grammar Note
用于表示允许某人做某事或拥有某物。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'how', 'now', 'cow' rhyme with 'allow' (stressed vowel /aʊ/). 'Window' ends with -ow but is pronounced with /oʊ/, so it does not rhyme.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.