動(dòng)詞 enable:

1. render capable or able for some task

1. I gave him full directions to enable him to find the house.
   我向他作了詳細(xì)說(shuō)明，好讓他能找到那房子。
2. The collapse of the strike enabled the company to resume normal bus services.
   罷工的失敗使公司恢復(fù)了正常的公共汽車營(yíng)業(yè)。

en.a.ble

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
en.a.bled,en.a.bling,en.a.bles

To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity; make able:
使能夠：提供方法、知識(shí)或機(jī)會(huì)；使能夠：
例句：
a hole in the fence that enabled us to watch; techniques that enable surgeons to open and repair the heart.
籬笆上的洞使我們能夠觀看；科技使外科醫(yī)生能打開(kāi)和修復(fù)心臟

To make feasible or possible:
使…可行的或可能的：
例句：
funds that will enable construction of new schools.
建設(shè)新學(xué)校的資金

To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to:
使能：賦予…法律權(quán)力、能力或許可：
例句：
a law enabling the new federal agency.
賦予新聯(lián)邦機(jī)構(gòu)權(quán)力的法律

To make operational; activate:
使…運(yùn)作；激活：
例句：
enabled the computer`s modem; enable a nuclear warhead.
激活計(jì)算機(jī)的調(diào)制解調(diào)器；激活一個(gè)核彈頭

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ena.bler
n.（名詞）