1、permit、allow、let
都含“准许”的意思。
They don't permit you to smoke.
他们不允许你抽烟。
Each passenger is allowed twenty -five kilogrammes of luggage.
每位旅客允许携带二十五公斤的行李。
Let him wait.
让他等一等。
2、Let ,allow,permit,grant这组动词都有“允许”或“让”的意思。
Let's go into the garage have a look at it.
咱们到汽车修配厂去看看吧。
She said her future husbwould not let her make another film.
她说她的未婚夫不会让她再拍电影了。(此句用would not let,意思是“阻止”)
When the bull got close to him,he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass.
当公牛接近了他时,他笨拙地向一旁一闪,把公牛让了过去。
Then he sits barks until someone lets him out.
然后它坐着吠叫,直到有人把它放出去为止。
The third baseman let the ball roll between his feet.
第三名垒手让球从他的两只脚之间滚了过去。
Please allow me to introduce Mr Brown to you.
请允许我把布朗先生向你介绍一下。
Now we are not allowed to touch it.
现在是不让我们碰一碰它的。
注:let somebody do something(让某人做某事)作宾语补足语的不定式省去to,而allow somebody to do something(让某人做某事)作宾语补足语的不定式带to.allow与permit也可以用于allow(permit)somebody to do something的句子结构,但也可以要求简单宾语或表示行为的名词作宾语。这三个词都能表示“没能阻止”或“不去阻止”,但是let并不包含allow和permit所共有的这层含义:有能力、有权威不去禁止或不去防止某事,有时表示由于笨拙疏忽而放过去,如:
The teacher allows too much noise in the classroom
那位老师听任教室内有过分的嘈杂声。
He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing.
他应该知道,警察是不会允许这种事情的。
The dogs have greater freedom too,for they are allowed to wander outside their enclosure.
那些狗也有了较大的自由,因为允许它们在栅栏外面到处跑跑。
We do not allow (or permit) gambling.
我们不允许赌博;
He requested that the premier grant him an internview.
他要求那位总理接见他一次。
Permission was granted a policeman accompanied him to a call-box.
获得了许可后,一名警察陪他来到公用电话亭。
composed of men of the same nationality or who spoke a common language.
法令指出连队应当尽可能地由同一民族的人或操同一语言的人组成。