| 单词 | enabling |
| 释义 | enabling (once / 1482 pages) adj Enabling is a term used for laws that confer legal powers to someone or something. An enabling act makes it possible for authorities to take action. One meaning of the verb enable is "to provide with legal powers," so the adjective formed by adding -ing gets used to describe legislation that has that empowering effect. When new American states were formed out of frontier territories, they could either organize statehood themselves, or they could be admitted into the Union through an "enabling act" of Congress. WORD FAMILYenable: disenable, enabled, enables, enabling+/ability: abilities, inability/able: ability, abler, ablest, ably, disable, enable, unable/disability: disabilities/disable: disabled, disablement, disables, disabling/disabled: disability/disablement: disablements/disenable: disenabled, disenabling/inability: inabilities/unable: unablest, unably USAGE EXAMPLESSecurity Council vote that demanded Israel end all settlement activity — enabling the resolution’s passage. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Mr. Qarau hopes that his conservation work will create a sustainable harvest, enabling Fijians to eat turtles again. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) New venture-capital arms of large corporations seem to sprout up every few months, enabling their executives to mingle and hunt for partnerships and acquisitions. Wall Street Journal(Dec 30, 2016) adj providing legal power or sanction an enabling resolution enabling power Syn|Ant facultative granting a privilege or permission or power to do or not do something sanctionative, sanctioningimplying sanction or serving to sanction disabling, disqualifying depriving of legal right; rendering legally disqualified |
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