enable
动词 v.
英 /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/
美 /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/
英文释义
动词 v.
-
To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
— And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
- To affirm; to make firm and strong.
-
To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
— This was widely interpreted to mean that slavery was once more firmly illegal in England. However, the "positive law" mentioned–i.e., a direct law specifically enabling slavery–existed in many British colonies (although not all), since these colonies had a degree of freedom to write their own law apart from that of the home country.
-
To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
— Temperance gives Nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
-
To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
— His parents enabled him to go on buying drugs.
- To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
- To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
词源
From Middle English enablen, equivalent to en- + able.
0 次浏览
数据来源: Wiktionary