sth允许某人做某事
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Unit18 Inventions
(New words)
1. a
llow
v.
允许，容许
1)allow
do sth.
允许某人做某事
The nurse allowed him to stay in
hospital for another two days.
那个护士准许他在医院再住两天。
allow doing
sth.
允许做某事
We
don’t allow making noise here,so you must keep
quiet.
我们不允许在这儿弄出噪音，请你保持安静。
allow vt.
给予
(
时间、金钱
)
；同意给予。后常接双宾语。
He allows his wife $$200 a
month for clothes.
他每个月给妻子
20
0
美元买新衣服。
Allow me
one minute in which to change my
clothes.
请给我一分钟的时间让我换换衣服。
Please allow yourself an hour to get to
the airport.
请给自己留出一小时的时间好赶往飞机场。
2)allow for
考虑到
,
顾及
take into
consideration
Y
ou should allow for his
youth.
你应该体谅他年纪轻。
We must allow
for the train being late.
我们应当考虑到火车可能晚点。
vt.
丢弃
throw away; cast aside as useless
He
looked through the rejected suits.
他在那些人家不肯要的衣服中寻找。
He
rejected the rotten eggs.
他扔掉了坏鸡蛋。
vt.
拒绝；拒不接受
say
She rejected my
offer of help.
我主动提出给予帮助，她拒绝了。
He tried to
join the army but was rejected.
他想参军但被拒绝了。
n.
被拒之人；被弃之物
away from
摆脱；脱离
The thief broke away from the policeman
and ran away.
那个贼挣脱警察逃走了。
He broke away from all his old friends.
他与所有的老朋友断绝了关系。
It
is difficult to break away from a habit.
改掉习惯是很困难的。
It was
not right for the South to break away from the
Union.
南方脱离联邦是不对的。
4. possibility
n.
可能性；可能；可能的事
the
possibility of success
成功的可能性
the possibility of
rain
下雨的可能性
Is
there any possibility of having a sunny weekend?
周末有可能会阳光明媚吗？
There is a possibility of his coming
for Christmas.
他可能会来过圣诞节。
Is there any possibility that he will
be elected chairman?
他有当选主席的可能吗？
There
is quite a possibility that war may break out.
很有可能会爆发战争。
His
retirement is a possibility.
他有可能退休。
ise
adv.
要不然，否则；另外，别样；在其他方面
He reminded me of what I should have
otherwise forgotten.
他提醒了我，要不然我就忘了。
He
thinks otherwise.
他是另外一种想法。
He thinks otherwise he’s a good
worker.
从另一方面来说他是个好工人。
otherwise
conj.(
并列连词，同
or else)
< br>否则，不然
(
常与虚拟语气连用
)
You should go now,otherwise you’ll
miss the bus.
你应该现在走，不然你就赶不上公交车。
Do come earlier next time,otherwise
you’ll be punished.
下次一定早点来，否则就惩罚你。
He is old and sick,otherwise he would
be working.
他年老有病，不然他会上班的。
otherwise
adj.
另外的，别样的；其他方面的
Some are wise,some are otherwise.
有些人贤明，有些人则不然。
His
students in English are also his otherwise
teachers.
这些人在英语方面是他的学生，可是在其他方面却是他的老师
。
tion
n.
联系；因果关系；联结
There is no connection between the two
incidents.