enable

动词 enable:

1. render capable or able for some task

1. I gave him full directions to enable him to find the house.
   我向他作了详细说明，好让他能找到那房子。
2. The collapse of the strike enabled the company to resume normal bus services.
   罢工的失败使公司恢复了正常的公共汽车营业。

en.a.ble

v.tr.（及物动词）
en.a.bled,en.a.bling,en.a.bles

To supply with the means, knowledge, or opportunity; make able:
使能够：提供方法、知识或机会；使能够：
例句：
a hole in the fence that enabled us to watch; techniques that enable surgeons to open and repair the heart.
篱笆上的洞使我们能够观看；科技使外科医生能打开和修复心脏

To make feasible or possible:
使…可行的或可能的：
例句：
funds that will enable construction of new schools.
建设新学校的资金

To give legal power, capacity, or sanction to:
使能：赋予…法律权力、能力或许可：
例句：
a law enabling the new federal agency.
赋予新联邦机构权力的法律

To make operational; activate:
使…运作；激活：
例句：
enabled the computer`s modem; enable a nuclear warhead.
激活计算机的调制解调器；激活一个核弹头

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ena.bler
n.（名词）