allow的用法是什么?固定搭配是什么?
一、用法问题1. 允许,准许,容许I can’t allow such a thing. 我不允许发生这样的事。Allow me to introduce Miss Mary. 请允许我介绍一下玛丽小姐。We don’t allow smoking on this plane. 在这架飞机上我们不允许抽烟。2. 允许…进入(或停留)Dogs not allowed.=No dogs allowed. 不准携狗入内。No pets are allowed inside. 宠物不准入内。3. 给予How much money do your parents allow you for books? 你父母给你多少钱买书? I allowed him £1000 for expenses. 我给他每年1000 英镑的开销。4. 承认The referee refused to allow the goal. 裁判员不承认这次进球。I allowed as how he was right. 我承认他是对的。二、句式问题1. allow sth允许某事I can’t allow such a thing. 我不允许发生这样的事。2. allow doing sth允许做某事We don’t allow eating in the classrooms. (我们)不允许在教室吃饭。We don’t allow smoking here. 我们不允许在此抽烟。3. allow sb to do sth允许某人做某事Her father would not allow her to eat sweets. 她父亲不允许她吃糖果。They don’t allow students to smoke in the class-room. 他们不允许学生在教室抽烟。My parents don’t allow me to stay out late. 我父母不允许我深夜还留在外头。4. allow sb sth 给予某人某物(尤指钱或时间);让某人有(拥用或带有)某物He allows his son too much money. 他给他儿子的钱太多。We’ll allow you time to answer. 我们将给回答的时间。I will allow you 10% off the price if you pay now. 如果你现在付款,我可以给你打九折。We allow passengers one item of hand luggage each. 我们允许每个乘客带一件手提行李。注:表示允许某人得到某物时可带双宾语,若双宾语易位通常用介词to引出间接宾语。如:He didn’t allow her any freedom.= He didn’t allow any freedom to her. 他不允许她有任何自由。三、用于习语1. allow for 考虑到,把…考虑进来,顾及,体谅We must allow for human error. 我们应该考虑到有人为的错误。We must allow for his youth. 我们必须体谅他的年轻。2. allow of 容许,容许…的可能These facts allow of many possible interpretations. 这些事实可以作多种解释。You allow of no exceptions? 你不容许有例外情况?The problem allows of only one solution. 这问题只能有一个解决办法。The situation allows of no delay. 形势不容许耽误。摘自英语词汇网四、allow与permit的区别两者均可表示“允许”,有时可互换。如:We do not allow [permit] people to smoke in the kitchen. 我们不允许人们在厨房里吸烟。两者的细微区别是:allow有时指消极地不加反对,含有听任或默许之意,语气较轻;permit则多指上级、规则或法令等表示的准许,其语气较重。如:The nurse allowed him to remain there, though it was not permitted. 护士让他留在那儿,而按规定那是不许可的。Nothing is permitted; everything is allowed. 一切都没有明文规定可以做,但一切做了也无妨。摘自英语词汇网注意以下两点:1. 当连用in, out等状语小品词时,英语习惯上要用allow,而不用permit。如:She wouldn’t allow me in. 她不让我进去。2. 当句首用了形式主语it时,则要用permit,而不用allow。如:It is not permitted to smoke in the reading-room. 阅览室内不准吸烟。