1. allow:允许,许可。指听任或默许,也可用来表示客气的请求。例如:
例26:Who allowed you to leave the camp?
例27:Smoking is not allowed here.
例28:Please allow me to introduce myself to you.
2.permit:允许,许可。通常指正式的许可。例如:
例29:He declared that he would permit me to do so.
3.allow 和 permit 的含义虽然有所差别,但实际运用中两者常通用。
4.let:允许,让。其后的宾语补足语应是不带to的不定式。一般不用于被动语态。例如:
例30:Don’t let this happen again.
例31:This is not allowed to happen again. (不说:This is not let to happen again.)
5.promise:答应,允诺。用于主动答应自己要做什么的场合。例如:
例32:They promised an immediate reply.
例33:He promised to start at once.
例34:I promised him to see to the matter right away.
(我答应他马上处理这件事。不定式to see to 是主语I发出的。)