| 单词 | enable |
| 释义 | enable (ɪneɪbəl ) Word forms: enables , enabling , enabled 1. verb B2 If someone or something enables you to do a particular thing, they give you the opportunity to do it. The new test should enable doctors to detect the disease early. [VERB noun to-infinitive] ...a new charter for training to enable young people to make the most of their potential. [VERB noun to-infinitive] Synonyms: allow, permit, facilitate, empower enabling adjective Researchers describe it as an enabling technology. 2. verb B2 To enable something to happen means to make it possible for it to happen. The hot sun enables the grapes to reach optimum ripeness. [VERB noun to-infinitive] A series of holes in the side panels enables the position of the shelves to be adjusted. [VERB noun to-infinitive] The working class is still too small to enable a successful socialist revolution. [VERB noun] 3. verb B2 To enable someone to do something means to give them permission or the right to do it. The republic's legislation enables young people to do a form of alternative service. [VERB noun to-infinitive] enabling adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Some protection for victims must be written into the enabling legislation. Translations: Chinese: 使能够 Japanese: 機会を与える |
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