动词 allow:

1. make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

2. consent to, give permission

3. let have

4. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

5. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

6. allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something

7. afford possibility

8. allow the other (baseball) team to score

9. grant as a discount or in exchange

10. allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

allowvt.允许；让某人得到；留出；同意（法律）vi.(for)考虑到；允许allow risk允许风险allow into让 ... 进入allow bail允许保释allow shell扁壳体allowedness容许度allow entry允许进入Allow me.让我来。allow of novt.不容(没有 ... 的余地)allow shoal浅滩allow write允许写

1. Convention now allows women to smoke in public.
   现在习俗允许妇女在公共场所吸烟。
2. It allows the user to enter data on a keyboard.
   字处理软件允许用户在键盘上输入数据。